[PRCo] Re: Guys night out

[John Swindler]

Hey, Fred

Where does it say separation of church and state in the Constitution??  Can't find that quote in my copy from the US Govt Printing Office.

Perhaps you are referring to a comment from one of T. Jefferson's letters to a Baptist group.

But that doesn't change the intent.  It was to break from the English practice of the government supporting the Church of England.  And at the time it was a revolutionary concept for a nation not to support an official religion.

However often overlooked is Article 6, clause 3 which states that 'no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States'. (this might be something with which you can have some fun)

Cheers
John



> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Guys night out
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:42:15 -0400
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
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> I was personally thinking that it goes along with American television today ...
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> Assstonishing what excites the American mindset. 
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> Saw a great cartoon today of a politician who was asked why she didn't understand the first amendment to the constitution (separation of church and state), she said there were more important things to read and she couldn't read everything.   Next to her were comic books, and books on witchcraft.   
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> Says it all, doesn't it.   
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> On Oct 29, 2010, at 9:19 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
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> > They should be on a quarter mile track running at top speed crashing into
> > each other.. That would be exciting. Back and forth at 10 to 15 mph in that
> > confined area doesn't do much.
> > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 14:50, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
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> >> The night that the Washington County fair traditionally has the biggest
> >> attendance and PTM has the greatest revenue is the night of the school bus
> >> demolition derby.   About as intellectually stimulating as watching guys
> >> drinking at a bar but I guess some people must like it.
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> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clwBRX8WR4I
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> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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