tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post110997602402310309..comments2023-10-25T00:58:56.337-07:00Comments on Educational Whisper: Is Separation of Church and State a Myth?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175864473859312508noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post-1110229197361051062005-03-07T12:59:00.000-08:002005-03-07T12:59:00.000-08:00Hidden passages
There are always going to be Ea...<B>Hidden passages</B> <br /><br />There are always going to be Easter Eggs, no pun intended. Speeches are meant to work on many levels. If Bush's supporters find them and think he's speaking only to them, that's their problem. For the rest of us who ''get them,'' the allusions, the King James bible is embedded in the language. It's a manner of speaking. I'm not offended by Bush's manner of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post-1110177776771835512005-03-06T22:42:00.001-08:002005-03-06T22:42:00.001-08:00Oops, sorry about the typos!Oops, sorry about the typos!SheaNChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834915403180514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post-1110177730267375222005-03-06T22:42:00.000-08:002005-03-06T22:42:00.000-08:00In my lifetime, we've never had complete separatio...In my lifetime, we've never had complete separation of church and state. Religious slogans on the currency, "under god" add to the pledge of allegience, christian prayers at public events, and so on. And, in the rural fundamentalist area where I grew up, it got pretty hardcore sometimes.<br /><br />I'm now a non-christian, and I often feel as though I see inappropriate religious expressions that SheaNChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834915403180514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post-1110163365088894112005-03-06T18:42:00.000-08:002005-03-06T18:42:00.000-08:00Agree with Ken, I hope.
After spending much of th...Agree with Ken, I hope.<br /><br />After spending much of the weekend debunking Cao, I feel much more hopeful.<br /><br />As long as Cao and her very stupid friends keep on spewing filth, people are going to step back, and say what a second, that's not what I mean, or want.<br /><br />I'm very tired of telling the story behind the making of the First Amendment as a retort to their revisionist Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post-1109995288089374242005-03-04T20:01:00.000-08:002005-03-04T20:01:00.000-08:00Great blog!
I found you on blog expolision....
B...Great blog!<br /><br />I found you on blog expolision....<br /><br /><A HREF="http://begalke.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Begalke</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post-1109987049832476212005-03-04T17:44:00.000-08:002005-03-04T17:44:00.000-08:00The Arkansas House of Reps recently voted down a r...The Arkansas House of Reps recently voted down a resolution that would have affirmed the body’s support of “the principle of separation of church and state.” The legislation also highlighted language in the state constitution that arguably goes even further, mandating that “no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment, denomination or mode of worship above any other.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273300.post-1109986271307621132005-03-04T17:31:00.000-08:002005-03-04T17:31:00.000-08:00I don't think that we've failed in separating the ...I don't think that we've failed in separating the church and state in this country, at least not yet. Despite the vocal minority of Christians who would have this happen, the unspoken majority of Christians have a better understanding that this would not be in their best interests. Governmental sanctioning of Christianity as a state religion would necessarily entail deciding which sect of Ken Grandlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444137138521793773noreply@blogger.com