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   From: linder.one@osu.edu   
      
   Larry Hewitt  wrote:   
      
   >Jeffrey Scott Linder wrote:   
   >> Larry Hewitt  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Jeffrey Scott Linder wrote:   
   >>>> 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   
   >>>   
   >>> No. Government officials doing official government work cannot use   
   >>> religious speech even in public forums.   
   >>   
   >> No?  I didn't say "Government officials".  I said "public facility".   
   >> The statement was:   
   >>   
   >> " They are not entitled to use the public facilities to practice or   
   >> advance their faith."   
   >>   
   >> They are and the Supreme Court has ruled so.   
   >>   
   >>> Its not where they say it, but what they say.   
   >>   
   >> You should try to read a little more carefully.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Did.   
   >You said "people"   
      
   No I didn't.   
      
      
   The orginal statement:   
   "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."   
      
   My reply:   
   "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."   
      
   >Government officials are people.   
   >   
   >They are restricted.   
      
   Only while they are acting in their official capacity.   
      
   JSL   
      
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