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Re #91: I know that -- but its detractors (who I'm at least playing devil's-advocate for) claim that it's blowing up the Establishment Clause up into something to take our freedoms away. The first few quotes to come up on Google, just to give you a feel for what they're trying to say (no weight at the moment): "The founders simply meant that the government could not set up a national church or compel its citizens to attend one church over another or to even compel them to attend church at all. It has nothing to do with a judge wearing a cross or any other religious symbol on their lapel. It has nothing to do with the Ten Commandments on a stone monument in front of a courthouse. But the ACLU has twisted the establishment clause to try to make it say what it clearly does not." "In modern U.S. society, we've twisted the establishment clause of the constitution to mean 'separation of church from state', or, more appropriately, 'elimination of any religious expression from any public venue'" (That was from a blog that, based on this one taste, I'll leave a URL to: http://photoninthedarkness.blogspot.com/2005/11/mea-culpa.html) "They have also twisted the Establishment Clause, which was intended to prevent Congress from establishing an official state Church, as barring public nativity scenes, or prayers before a a highschool football game." "Liberal judges and lawyers have twisted the Establishment Clause to mean freedom from religion. The Founders had in mind to guarantee freedom of religion." "It has twisted the Establishment Clause into a disestablishment clause, wholly subverting original intent."
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