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Old 01-26-2004, 08:09 PM   #45 (permalink)
Johnny Rotten
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Originally posted by matthew330
IRONY = liberals removing the pledge of allegiance from public schools to avoid offending, uhh, someone..., removing any reference to religion (christianity) from any public forum for fear of offending, uhh, someone; but insisting on their misguided one-liners being force fed to the american public via the superbowl.
It's not about offending somene so much as keeping clear the separation between Church and State. I'm not saying I agree with or disagree with this perception. But that's pretty much what the deal's about. "Under God" is viewed by the U.S. Court as being an implicit endorsement of Christianity. To further extrapolate an implied denigration of atheism and polytheism is shakier ground.
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