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   From: Then-Destroy-Everything@Blackhole.NebulaX.com   
      
   On 10/21/2010 8:11 AM, Josh wrote:   
   > On 10/20/2010 6:06 PM, Peter Franks wrote:   
   >> On 10/20/2010 12:11 PM, Abel wrote:   
   >>> Separation of church and state refers to the limits our Constitution   
   >>> places on the power of the government (both federal and state) to   
   >>> legislate about religion....   
   >>   
   >> "*Congress* shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,   
   >> or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" (emphasis added)   
   >>   
   >> Congress refers to the federal body organized and authorized in Article   
   >> I of the Constitution.   
   >>   
   >> Can you point out where the term "Congress" mutates to "government"?   
   >>   
   >> Can you point out where the this specific limit in Amendment I is   
   >> extended to the states?   
   >   
   > Are you arguing the states can prohibit the free exercise of religion   
   > (e.g., criminalize Judaism)?  or abridge the freedom of speech and the   
   > press (e.g., shut down a newspaper it disagrees with)?  or abridge the   
   > right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the   
   > Government for a redress of grievances (e.g., imprison Tea Party   
   > protesters)?   
      
   Doesn't it read that way?   
      
   Or do you simply interpret what ever you want....  The fear was of an   
   all powerful Federal Government like a KING.  States still had "rights"   
      
   If a State writes laws that you don't like, you pack your bags and move.   
      
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