Clair, are you an idiot? It's in the CONSTITUTION, you freakishly Holier-than-thou, doddering, evengelical, fascistic, theocratic biddy, that there shall be a separation of Church and State. It's been supported by legislation for over 200 years. I suppose we should look forward to the 2007 Apocalypse of the 2nd Testament, to the rantings of Nostrodamus, to the way the World is according to YOU? Shall we get used to that snide, unspoken superiority you neo-Christians mistake for piety? And those who are not Christians, shall we lose our rights in this new world American order? Health care a hand out? This nation has always fought against its Puritanical, Calvanistic tendancies, its dark side. Now we see it for what it is and Nathaniel Hawthorne must be turning in his grave... > From: Claire Hart <listaddy at hartsites.com> > Reply-To: "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." > <macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:25:40 -0600 > To: macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Subject: [MacDV] Will Bush win? > >> It amazes me that so many Conservatives (not all) forget that we >> left church and state rulership to found a nation predicated on >> SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. Nobody denies anyone's right to their > > Separation of church and state was not part of the foundation of our > nation. Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to a church in January 1802 > with that phrase in it. Rather than go on and on about its history > here, you can check it out on Google. If you want to know what the > convictions of the founding fathers were, I can give you more info > privately. > > Claire > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv