Interesting words

From http://rightvoices.com/2006/09/12/rosie-o%E2%80%99donnell-%E2%80%98radical-christianity-is-just-as-threatening-as-radical-islam%E2%80%99/


FrmrArtyOffcr: With her most recent rant, I think that the Christian churches and the NRA need to demonstrate to Rosie exactly how wrong she is. With the NRA having 3 MILLION paid members, and there are probably over 200 MILLION Christians in the US, How fast do you think the network would cave if just the NRA and the viewers of a few of the Sunday morning televangelists threatened to boycott the sponsors of “the View” as long as she’s on it? Threatening to boycott the show won’t do much, but threaten the sponsors and Rosie’s out on her fat backside within two weeks.

Yes isn’t Rosie’s hypocracy incredible. After blasting Tom Selleck over the topic of gun ownership, she hired an ARMED bodyguard for her kids. How much do you think that cost her considering she lives in Manhatten where concealed carry permits are virtually impossible to get without some serious political connections or at least greasing a few highly placed palms? Of course she is a liberal. The Bill of Rights only applies when its in her favor.
On the topic of Separation of Church and state. The phrase isn’t in the Constitution whatsoever. The intent isn’t even in the Constitution.

The only restriction on religion in the Constitution is that “CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAWS RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.” That is a direct quote of the first two phrases of the first sentence of the First amendment. Exactly where in there does it say that Church and State must be separate? It doesn’t. It simply says that CONGRESS may not establish a national religion or prohibit people from observing their faith. It also does not say that any other governmental agency can’t enact laws in respect to religion, only that CONGRESS can not. The Tenth amendment says ” The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”

Therefore, barring state constitutions prohibiting it, the states do have the power to establish a state religion under the tenth amendment.
Personally, I think that considering the requirement that Utah outlaw polygamy in order to enter the Union might have been a violation of this, but I wasn’t around in the 1890s to argue the case, nor do I believe that it would’ve gotten a favorable hearing at that time anyway. With that argument in mind, Utah could in fact amend its state constitution to declare itself a Mormon state and also reinstate polygamy. They would have a GREAT Constitutional argument for it. I do believe that Utah is in the jurisdiction of the 9th Circus so they could probably get at least one judgement in their favor. Of course with the 9th Circus’s record odds are 4-1 it’d be overturned on appeal but that hasn’t stopped Michael Newdow has it? LOL