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[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/29/2008 10:22:36 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
airvair at earthlink.net writes:

What do  you think the "checks and balances" system is? How about the
Senate's right  of filibuster? No, the founding fathers intended for
disputes to tie up the  government's lawmaking abilities. They well knew
that doing nothing was  better than doing the wrong thing, which is why they
designed the system  like they did. Like one of them once said, "heaven help
us when the  legislature is in session." In Virginia where my brother lives,
the state  legislature is strictly limited to a specific number of days. I
understand  that the purpose of that is to limit the length of time the
citizenry is in  danger of laws passed by the legislators. LOL

And for the record, the  Supreme Court did NOT rule "Christian ethics out of
the government."  Rather, they have ruled (many times) that government
should stay strictly  out of religious activities. As one wag said "as long
as there are math  tests in school, there will be prayers in school". It is
a falsehood that  "prayer has been banned in school". One is (and always has
been) able to  pray in school, PRIVATELY. The "banned from school" notion is
another one  of those RRR "big lies". They have used that lie to whip
followers into a  frenzy, when in fact the Supreme Court is merely doing
what the  Constitution demands, preserving EVERYone's right to practice
religion in  their own personal way.

And, let me add, it is the PARENT's  responsibility to teach religious
values to their kids, NOT the school's.  If it were the school's
responsibliity, who's version of "religious values"  are you going to have
them teach? Certainly you wouldn't want them to teach  anything contrary to
YOUR values, would you? So stop complaining when the  Supreme Court protects
your right to your religious  values.

-Mark



Right On!!!
 
Scotty



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