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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 06:19 AM
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Whose nation under God?
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Although proponents of state sponsorship of ''faith-based" activities claim that all faiths are equally eligible, the politically dominant soon attempt to dictate the approved faith. Leon Wieseltier has observed, ''It is never long before one nation under God gives way to one God under a nation."

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For now, this coalition of the faithful (who literally believe that many of their allies of convenience are destined for eternal damnation) is willing to put aside differences that will be settled in the next life and join forces on behalf of the faith-based public trough and the ecumenical crusade against an independent judiciary.

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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/04/27/whose_nation_under_god/
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etherealtruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-27-05 07:21 AM
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1. Touche ....
''It is never long before one nation under God gives way to one God under a nation." -- says it all!


The only freedom these crazies want is the freedom to impose their crazed interpretation of Christianity on the country, the world, the Universe...
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