Subj : Bush and the Separation of Church and State
To   : TODD HENSON
From : Rachel L. Akers
Date : Wed Feb 07 2001 10:47 pm

Goddess _YOU_ again.

>> From newsgroups: alt.religion.wicca.moderated
>... 
>> ... United States of America is not... founded on the Christian 
>> religion... Treaty with Tripoli, 1797, signed by President John 
>> Adams

>...
TH> Take a look at the words of JOHN ADAMS:

I'm going to assume they are _President_ JA & not some other ijiot

TH> ... Bible ... earlier my children begin to read it, the more 
TH> confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens 
TH> of their country and respectful members of society. 

Lordie that's so ethnocentric. The implication that only X-ians could be useful 
& respectable members of society.

> ... [irrelivant quotes chomped as their ID is not clarified to 
> non-yanks] remember this _is_ an international echo.
>.. returning to x-post

>> ... plain message ... is that George W. Bush's America is a 
>> Christian nation, and that non-Christians are welcome into the 
>> tent so long as they agree to accept their status as a tolerated 
>> minority rather than as fully equal citizens. ...

TH> ... would be like me going to a Muslim country and expecting 
TH> them to kiss my behind and stop being a Muslim country. It's 
TH> asinine.

You do a great immitation of being an ignorant prat... There are _other_ 
options. It's not a myopic either/or situation. AFAIC the Duelist mode has 
caused more & bloody fighting than anything else on this planet. & yes I'll 
admit Muslims are just as guilty as X-ians & I'm sure other's will ID other 
situations...

Some examples of _other_ approaches include the "EVERYONE keep their faith 
private" notion and, dare I suggest it, even a multicultural "respect other 
religions" approach. This "accept lower status" is only creating a pluralist 
cutlure where there are enclaves of cultures struggling to live independant of 
others, a situation that will just not work. A nation needs to work together 
_NOT_ isolate large sections of it's community for the dualist attitude of 
"their not _us_"...

  Rai

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