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From: none@none.com
On 10/21/2010 9:30 AM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:
> On Oct 21, 12:00 pm, Peter Franks wrote:
>> On 10/21/2010 5:11 AM, Josh wrote:
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>>> 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)?
>>
>> At this point, I'm not arguing anything.
>>
>> I'm asking the following:
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Once we have answers to the above, we can start delving into you line of
>> questioning. First things first, as they say...
>
> According to SCOTUS, the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment
> applies the First Amendment to the states.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights
Everson speaks to taxation.
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