On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:58 AM, G wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Robert wrote: > > > OK, you'll have to explain that one, and denying funding to stem cell > > research and other morality-based policy decisions don't count, they > could > > be made by anyone of any religious affiliation, or indeed no religious > > affiliation. > > OK, we can pretend that religion is not at the heart of such decisions....
Whether religious belief is at the heart of such decision is irrelevant. The First Amendment says this about religion: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" Nowhere does it say that Congress is prevented from basing decision on religiously-based morals. > Bush? When did I mention Bush? I thought we were talking about a state > representative from Kentucky??? You have an unhealthy fixation :) LOL, I thought we had shifted the thread. So you are referring to the pinhead in Kentucky? Same difference. There was nothing there about establishment of religion, just a corny (and in his state quite obviously populist) line about giving God credit for keeping people safe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281964 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
