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by reading the US Constitution.
Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
"The answer is to end our reliance on carbon-based fuels." Al Gore, 7/17/08
by TomP on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 10:36:52 AM PDT
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights is the legal doctrine by which portions of the U.S. Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)[1] was the seminal United States Supreme Court case in Establishment Clause law in the United States. In addition to incorporating the Establishment Clause (applying it to the States through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment), Everson was the beginning of a powerful separationist drive by the Court, during which many programs and practices given government sanction were found to have religious purposes or effects and thus invalidated.
by TomP on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 10:40:01 AM PDT
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John McCain's father would be rolling over in his grave from his son's pandering to the Christian right.
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by Troutfishing on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 11:07:43 AM PDT
Our only hope is McCain may not believe what he says. Our only hope besdies a Democrat winning, that is. I'll take McCain losing!
by TomP on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 12:02:16 PM PDT
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