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Watch it... posting quotes from jefferson, in contraindication of the losing view, aka "dissenting" view from Judge Rehnquist... might cause some rather "on the edge" freepers, to hit the abuse button...

Also avoid quoting scriptures that confirm God's desire to keep church and state separate as well.. you know pestky things like that "render to caesar" and "render to God" stuff that Jesus talked about...

After all, moving that rock statue in Alabama today is going to mysteriously close the doors to every church in America... cause believers to go on unrestrained orgies of commandment breaking... and cause great confusion in Heaven. And here I thought God was omnipotent and omniscient!

Prayer now will apparently stop, love of fellow man and God, will come to a screeching halt and all our prayers will no longer be heard...

All because somebody moved a stone away from a particular location... in alabama... REASSERTING our nation's constitutional commitment to separation of church and state, which guarantees we will have freedom of both for generations to come.

Of course there are those of us who believe that the only "rock move" that affects or eternal, national and moral well-being, was the one that was in front of the tomb, where the Savior USED to be, before His resurrection. But don't bring that up either... after all, somebody will go ballistic and hit the "abuse" button on ya.

btw... GREAT response from Jefferson's pen.
Thanks for the quotes.

Dear Truth Seeker.

If the Separation of Church and State is a Myth, you need to explain to me why a 57% majority of the House of Representatives in 1832 held that the Constitution did not confer on the President any power to issue Executive Proclamations recommending prayer to the people. Source of Information: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875, Register of Debates, House of Representatives, 22nd Congress, 1st Session, Pages 3857 & 3858 of 3916

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