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- From: dbernard@clesun.Central.Sun.COM (Dave Bernard)
- Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 20:54:10 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems
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- Bill Anderson writes:
-
-
- >Yeah, I've heard that a lot- gimme a cite on it. Not that I'm
- >disputing it; I'd like to see the decision.
-
- As I said, I believe it was 1964, a case of conscietious, religious-
- based (ie, Secular Humanism) obection to the draft. Forget the names
- of the players. SCOTUS ruled for the defense, recognized SH as a religion.
-
- >Your argument above is circular: the court decisions which do
- >not recognize the rule of the majority are based on the very
- >constitutional provision which are intended to protect against
- >a "tyranny of the majority," as one a those guys (Hamilton)
- >said.
-
- No, the government often acts against the majority, without
- caring anything about minorities, or of anything but itself,
- as is often the case with pork barrel topics, or tax increases.
- If anything, the Bill or Rights acts to protect the civil rights
- of all citizens, not of either the majority or minority. Just read it!
-
- >And if you don't care if Satanists use public property, then we
- >have no argument. I don't have a problem with religious displays
- >on public land, as long as (a) the government doesn't sponsor it,
- >and (b) it's available to all religions.
- >
- Agreed.
-
-