Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 13:52:31 -0400 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu Cc: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, hoek@hwcn.org, softweyr@xmission.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTC regulating use of registrations Message-ID: <199708111752.NAA18024@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199708110951.FAA12121@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> (devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu)
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>> (The Constitutional question of separation of church and state is >> pretty much taken care of by giving the vouchers to the parents and >> not directly to the schools, although some people still consider it >> unconstitutional.) > My understanding is that the Constiution doesn't actually demand > a seperation of church and state; it's just htat some liberals would > like you to believe that. Whether it is formally in the laws or not, it is a fundamental principle on which our nation is founded. > Furthurmore, I think that the original arguement was that we wanted > to prevent the government from affecting the churches, not hte otherway > around. Remember the Holy Roman Empire? Or the pre-Luther Catholic Church? The idea is decentralization of power, no matter which power that may be. Cheers, joelh -- Second law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation -- core dumped
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