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   Message 75,151 of 76,942   
   Jeffrey Scott Linder to Wilson Woods   
   Re: Can you be jailed for saying grace?   
   25 Aug 09 12:08:30   
   
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   From: linder.one@osu.edu   
      
   Wilson Woods  wrote:   
      
   >SageRider wrote:   
   >> Larry Hewitt wrote:   
   >>> SageRider wrote:   
   >>>> Hughbert G. Rection wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> All governed by the US Constitution.  See Amendment 1 fucknuts.  Yes,   
   >>>>> moron it   
   >>>>> really is part of the US Constitution.   
   >>>> You mean the part that reads "nor prohibiting the free exercise   
   >>>> thereof," the part the ACLU always ignores?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> Bwahahaha.   
   >>>   
   >>> That does not refer to official government functions,  like  in this case.   
   >>>   
   >>> Larry   
   >>   
   >> Then why does the U.S. Supreme Court open every session with a blessing   
   >> which includes "God bless this honorable court?"  I may not have that   
   >> quote exactly right, it's from memory.   
   >>   
   >> Also, we have the 14th Amendment which guarantees us equal protection   
   >> under the law.  That includes people of faith having the same access to   
   >> public facilities as anyone else.   
   >   
   >People are allowed access to the public facilities regardless of their   
   >faith.  They are not entitled to use the public facilities to practice   
   >or advance their faith.   
      
   Yes, if fact they are. If that public facility is open to use by the   
   public then the government is not permitted to apply a religious test   
   to its use.   
      
   JSL   
      
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