Another important factor involving the Treaty of Tripoli is that according to the Constitution, signed and ratified treaties have a higher category than anything else, except for the constitution itself. What that means is that the declaration of the US not being a Christian nation means that no law or statute or judicial decision can take precedence. The only way to declare the US a so called christian nation would be to amend the constitution. And that is not going to happen.
> >This is why something like the Treaty of Tripoli that Larry mentioned is >much more important than the Declaration of Independence for purposes of >this discussion: that's a definitional document. It defines (codifies) a >national behavior and as such has a lasting, formative, impact where the >Declaration does not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
