Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:52:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTC regulating use of registrations Message-ID: <199708120652.AAA24368@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199708112215.PAA03422@hub.freebsd.org> References: <199708111618.KAA00620@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199708112215.PAA03422@hub.freebsd.org>
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Nate Williams wrote: % Unfortunately, the 'separation of church/state' has become more of an % issue of 'not allowing anything religious', instead of what I believe to % be the original intent of 'not encouraging a specific religion'. Jonathan M. Bresler writes: > not allowing govt to favor one religion over another > or favoring the religious over the agnostic. The actual text of the First Amendment to the Constitution reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ..." What exactly this means varies widely from person to person. I certainly don't read this "You may not open a town meeting with a prayer", but the ACLU office in Salt Lake City does. Weird how wrong they can be sometimes, isn't it? ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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