Its looking grim

"Dave LaCourse" wrote


Uhhhhh, who said I favor a state religion? I don't.


Yeah, I knew I wasn't "on-thread" Your sentence caught my eye at just the
right minute to get me to respond ... my kid and I have been discussing the
difference between religious teachings and morality ... or more accurately
false religious teachings and morality



What are you afraid of, btw?


...specifically pertaining to this election, the reduction of separation
of church and state as political payback ... i.e. having my "religious
rights" threatened by the "religious Right"

Larry L. writes:


What are you afraid of, btw?


...specifically pertaining to this election, the reduction of separation
of church and state as political payback ... i.e. having my "religious
rights" threatened by the "religious Right"

The sky might fall too. d;o)
The president doesn't make the law, and only the people can add to the
Constitution, so the separation of Church and State clause will remain
throughout your and my lifetimes.

Dave LaCourse wrote:

The president doesn't make the law, and only the people can add to the
Constitution, so the separation of Church and State clause will remain
throughout your and my lifetimes.

Over the past few days, I've heard three different conservative
evangelical Christians on radio talk shows maintain (in all seriousness,
apparently) that the wording of First Amendment DOES NOT specifically
prescribe a separation of church and state.

So if a President sharing this interpretation were to appoint three or
four Supreme Court justices with the same views.....

JR

John Russell writes:

Over the past few days, I've heard three different conservative
evangelical Christians on radio talk shows maintain (in all seriousness,
apparently) that the wording of First Amendment DOES NOT specifically
prescribe a separation of church and state.

So if a President sharing this interpretation were to appoint three or
four Supreme Court justices with the same views.....

In the first place, I don't think Bush would go for that. And secondly, the
sky will fall before that happens.

Where are you now?

Dave LaCourse wrote:

In the first place, I don't think Bush would go for that. And secondly, the
sky will fall before that happens.

Funny, that's what I would have said about you takin' singing lessons....
g

Where are you now?

Back in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Turns out 30 months was about all I could
take of the UN's particular brand of bureaucracy...

JR

"JR" wrote in message
.. .
Dave LaCourse wrote:

In the first place, I don't think Bush would go for that. And secondly,
the
sky will fall before that happens.

Funny, that's what I would have said about you takin' singing lessons....
g

Where are you now?

Back in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Turns out 30 months was about all I could
take of the UN's particular brand of bureaucracy...

Damn, I'm jealous. I'm planning on headed up towards Bend or Medford this
summer to look for property. I've almost had enough of this international
thing, myself. This school is a missionary school; in fact I heard the nurse
say to the History teacher that Bush won because they prayed for him to, and
praydelow! it worked.

--riverman

Dave LaCourse wrote:

In the first place, I don't think Bush would go for that. And secondly, the
sky will fall before that happens.

Funny, that's what I would have said about you takin' singing lessons....
g

Where are you now?

Back in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Turns out 30 months was about all I could
take of the UN's particular brand of bureaucracy...

JR

"JR" wrote

Over the past few days, I've heard three different conservative
evangelical Christians on radio talk shows maintain

That stuff will rot your brain JR, careful


Are you in Bend, Oregon .... if not how did I get that idea?

if so, I keep maning to get up there and fish those likes .... Crane Prairie
sp?) and Hosmer? and I think you have a spring crik or two near there

"Larry L" wrote

I keep maning to get up there and fish those likes

doh, "meaning to get up there and fish those lakes
.... the connection between my brain and my fingers seems to be slipping
away .. thar it gooes nowe

Larry L wrote:

"JR" wrote

Over the past few days, I've heard three different conservative
evangelical Christians on radio talk shows maintain

That stuff will rot your brain JR, careful

Yeah, and these were just the NPR variety....

Are you in Bend, Oregon .... if not how did I get that idea?

if so, I keep maning to get up there and fish those likes .... Crane Prairie
sp?) and Hosmer? and I think you have a spring crik or two near there

Yep. Lots of fishing up here, both lakes and rivers. The spring creeks
you're probably thinking about are the Metolius and Fall rivers. Nice
waters, beautiful surroundings, but they don't look much like the classic
spring creeks like Silver Creek or the Paradise Valley or Cumberland
Valley streams. You ever out this way, give me a ping on roff
beforehand. I don't fish lakes much these days..... maybe it's time to
break out the float tube, see if it still holds air.....

JR