Text 6645, 75 rader
Skriven 2010-04-16 17:55:05 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 6644 av Ross Sauer (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: About time!
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On 04/16/2010 02:13 PM, Ross Sauer -> WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote:

<nonsense snipped>

 RS> Today on Fox News they had their "bubble-headed bleach blonde" (my
 RS> thanks to Don Henley for the song lyrics,) who really showed just how
 RS> stupid the Christian prayer pimps can be.

Megyn Kelly is a lawyer, you moron. In a debate she would bury you in a second.

 RS> http://mediamatters.org/blog/201004160043

And here you go to your usual left-wing attack site.

 RS> Occasionally live television provides a vivid display of the mental
 RS> gymnastics and cognitive dissonance deployed to advance an argument.
 RS> Take Fox News' Megyn Kelly, who recently asked what was so "promotional
 RS> about religion" in setting aside a day to celebrate "the role that God
 RS> has played in the formation of this country and its laws."

 RS> Discussing a court ruling that declared national prayer day
 RS> unconstitutional, Kelly hosted Barry Lynn, executive director of
 RS> Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Lynn set forth
 RS> an argument against the appropriateness of the government setting aside
 RS> a day to commemorate prayer:

 RS> "Prayer is religious. It's nothing but that. There is no secular purpose
 RS> here. This isn't like declaring Christmas a holiday, which the federal
 RS> government does, because that's got not just religious rituals, but now
 RS> glommed onto it all secular rituals. National Day of Prayer is only
 RS> about religion. There is nothing secular about it."

 RS> At this point, Kelly jumped in to display an astounding failure to grasp
 RS> the concept:

 RS> "Why can't it be a day where people acknowledge not just prayer, but
 RS> they are encouraged to meditate as well, which is not necessarily
 RS> prayer? And why can't it be a day where we take a moment and we stop and
 RS> we acknowledge the role that God has played in the formation of this
 RS> country and its laws. What's so promotional about religion there?"

To which the AUSCS guy had no real answer.

A day of prayer is NOT a violation of the establishment clause in the First
Amendment. It does NOT promote any particular religion, nor does it require
anyone to participate if they choose not to.

The First Amendment does NOT guarantee freedom from religion. It only states
that the federal government cannot establish a particular religion as the
official religion while protecting the free exercise of religion to all who
want to. The original intent wasn't even a limit on state governments since
some of the original states had official churches.

Of course, discussing this with the likes of you is akin to trying to medicate
a dead man -- it's a waste of time. You aren't smart enough to discuss
Constitutional law.

Ed

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