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- From: bob@miggins.apana.org.au (Bob Rye)
- Message-ID: <bob.3460@miggins.apana.org.au>
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: RELIGION AND PRESIDENTS
- Distribution: world
- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:09:28 +1100
- Organization: Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shoppe
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- In article <Ze4VXB4w165w@seanews.akita.com>
- paulette@seanews.akita.com (paulette brown) writes:
-
- > Freedom of [from] religion ought to extend
- > to Presidents, too...
-
- Most definitely agreed! Why must our leaders exhibit a prescribed set of
- religious views when they may not necessarily hold any views at all? The
- same thing happens here in Australia with our Prime Minister and Opposition
- Leader. All running off to church before this function or that. Sickening
- really.
-
- > Am I the only one in the US who thought it
- > was inappropriate -- if not downright
- > distateful -- to have Billy Graham and his
- > church prayers at the Inaugural?
-
- Whether we follow American politics or not (I do), we can't help but notice
- these things. You're not the only one who feels that way. Why must these
- high-ranking people pray before doing something in public? Fair enough if
- they were fanatical before taking office. But then again, they wouldn't be
- in office if they didn't grovel to the lord...
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