Daryl

"Randy Hudson" <ime@panix.com> wrote in message
news:cat7ef$e4b$1@reader2.panix.com...
> In article <nzCzc.4337$IF3.3623@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
> Foxinthewhole <doug9498@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > Jefferson's statement was only meant to keep a State from forming
a State
> > Religion.
> > If a State Religion had been allowed to be formed it would have
made it legal
> > to discriminate against anyone of a different faith.
>
> Actually, at the time Jefferson wrote that phrase, many states had
official
> religions. (Congregationalism was the official religion in
Connecticut, for
> example.)
>
> And it was legal under the US Constitution for a state to
discriminate,
> until the 14th amendment was ratified. The original constitution,
and
> Jefferson's comments, applied to the Federal government only.
>
> --
> Randy Hudson

I guess since USdotSplat can't have it's own religious group,
us.config needs to be used in the meantime.

Henrietta K Thomas

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:53:43 -0600, "Daryl" <dhunt@i70west.nospam.com> wrote:

>
>"Randy Hudson" <ime@panix.com> wrote in message
>news:cat7ef$e4b$1@reader2.panix.com...
>> In article <nzCzc.4337$IF3.3623@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
>> Foxinthewhole <doug9498@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Jefferson's statement was only meant to keep a
>> > State from forming a State Religion.
>> > If a State Religion had been allowed to be formed
>> > it would have made it legal to discriminate against
>> > anyone of a different faith.
>>
>> Actually, at the time Jefferson wrote that phrase,
>> many states had official religions. (Congregationalism
>> was the official religion in Connecticut, for example.)
>>
>> And it was legal under the US Constitution for a state
>> to discriminate, until the 14th amendment was ratified.
>> The original constitution, and Jefferson's comments,
>> applied to the Federal government only.
<...>
>I guess since USdotSplat can't have it's own religious
>group, us.config needs to be used in the meantime.

I tried once to steer this thread -away- from us.config,
but was not successful. People continued to respond
to the original newsgroups line. :-(

Anyone reading this thread interested in proposing
a new group for the us.* hierarchy, us.issues.religion?

K. A. Cannon

Henrietta K Thomas <hkt@xnet.com> posted
<2rc6d0tc1fai6336fa7oumrtd604djksbj@4ax.com> in us.config on Fri, 18
Jun 2004 13:33:04 -0500:

>On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:53:43 -0600, "Daryl" <dhunt@i70west.nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Randy Hudson" <ime@panix.com> wrote in message
>>news:cat7ef$e4b$1@reader2.panix.com...
>>> In article <nzCzc.4337$IF3.3623@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
>>> Foxinthewhole <doug9498@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Jefferson's statement was only meant to keep a
>>> > State from forming a State Religion.
>>> > If a State Religion had been allowed to be formed
>>> > it would have made it legal to discriminate against
>>> > anyone of a different faith.
>>>
>>> Actually, at the time Jefferson wrote that phrase,
>>> many states had official religions. (Congregationalism
>>> was the official religion in Connecticut, for example.)
>>>
>>> And it was legal under the US Constitution for a state
>>> to discriminate, until the 14th amendment was ratified.
>>> The original constitution, and Jefferson's comments,
>>> applied to the Federal government only.
><...>
>>I guess since USdotSplat can't have it's own religious
>>group, us.config needs to be used in the meantime.
>
>I tried once to steer this thread -away- from us.config,
>but was not successful. People continued to respond
>to the original newsgroups line. :-(
>
>Anyone reading this thread interested in proposing
>a new group for the us.* hierarchy, us.issues.religion?

Considering the news regarding Kerry and the Catholic Church, The
Baptist schism, and some other news worthy religious items I think it
might fly.

I'll support it.


--
K. A. Cannon
kcannon at insurgent dot org
(change the orgy to org to reply)

mhm33x1

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he does not become a monster. And when you look into the abyss,
the abyss also looks into you"
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