6th Circuit rejects "separation of church and state"

AFAMI News ^ | December 21, 2005 | unknown

[new yorker 77]

I believe the decision was unanimous.

Here is the total sixth circuit.

http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_06_frm?OpenFrameSet

[new yorker 77]

Lively, Pierce (1972-present)
Engel, Albert Joseph (1973-present)
Keith, Damon Jerome (1977-present)
Merritt, Gilbert Stroud Jr. (1977-present)
Brown, Bailey (1979-1997)
Kennedy, Cornelia Groefsema (1979-present)
Martin, Boyce Ficklen Jr. (1979-present)
Jones, Nathaniel Raphael (1979-2002)
Contie, Leroy John Jr. (1982-2001)
Krupansky, Robert B. (1982-2004)
Wellford, Harry Walker (1982-present)
Milburn, Herbert Theodore (1984-present)
Guy, Ralph B. Jr. (1985-present)
Nelson, David Aldrich (1985-present)
Ryan, James Leo (1985-present)
Boggs, Danny Julian (1986-present)
Norris, Alan Eugene (1986-present)
Suhrheinrich, Richard Fred (1990-present)
Siler, Eugene Edward Jr. (1991-present)
Batchelder, Alice Moore (1991-present)
Daughtrey, Martha Craig (1993-present)
Moore, Karen Nelson (1995-present)
Cole, R[ansey] Guy Jr. (1995-present)
Clay, Eric L. (1997-present)
Gilman, Ronald Lee (1997-present)
Gibbons, Julia Smith (2002-present)
Rogers, John M. (2002-present)
Sutton, Jeffrey S. (2003-present)
Cook, Deborah L. (2003-present)
Griffin, Richard Allen (2005-present)
McKeague, David William (2005-present)
Neilson, Susan Bieke (2005-present)

[Aquinasfan]

“Patriotic Americans should observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving for this stunning and historic reversal of half a century of misinformation and judicial distortion of the document that protects our religious freedoms,”

No exaggeration.

[HamiltonJay]

I hope the ACLU appeals this to the Supreme Court, so we can get this RULING DONE!!! The "seperation of church and state" never existed, and the courts created mayhem by inventing it for that aethiest woman in her suit.

[Semper Paratus]

"Tear down this Wall!"

[1L]

Has nothing to do with intelligence. Its about their political views.

Regardless of whether you or I could make a air tight case for any legal holding, idiots like Barry Lynn are never going to agree if it disrupts their world view.

[shield]

Wonder when it gets there, the SC will even hear this case. Hope it's decided the ruling was correct and will not even take this case up. Please CJ Roberts unless it'd be better to rule in the same manner as the 6th Circuit Ct.

[Tall_Texan]

They're absolutely right. But that decision won't last ten minutes.

If this got to the Supremes and they upheld this ruling, could you *imagine* the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Left? It would be worse than Kerry losing for them.

No, this will be overturned. Mark my words.

[generally]

I hope you're wrong.

[Tall_Texan]

I do too.

[PjhCPA]

Bump...

[Amish with an attitude]

Find another batch of these folks and send them out west to replace the 9th Circus.

[wgeorge2001]

Thank you for the map. I wish that the whole country was under the constitutional 6th circuit court of appeals.

[wgeorge2001]

I doubt it; the Supreme Court has always punted on these separation of church and state cases. If they do take it up and rule for the left, they would ammend the constitution and I doubt they would. I hope Alito gets confirmed soon and this case is decided once for all and all the media and left wing propaganda be blown apart. It would sure be good for the schools.
Merry Christmas.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

bump

[Retain Mike]

Unbelieveable that judges would actually read the constitution which says, "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion." Clearly government cannot reach into the religious life of citizens, but citizens are not to be obstructed in any way from dictating to government in accord with their religious beliefs. This separation of church and state nonsense comes from a sound bite from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson when he was president to shine on a Baptist minister. Jefferson was minister to France at the time of the constitutional convention and played no part, so for his statement to be a precedent is unbelievable. The source of his comment would have been his 1786 involvement in writing the Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty, which should also be read as a one way screen that in no way prevents citizens from compelling government on religious matters. May the Lord be praised!

[Coleus]

some good news for a change

[ZULU]

Deus volt.

Let's hope this is the BEGINNING and the END of institutionalized atheism in contemporary America.

[FredFlash]

I address the claim that:
The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state. Our nation’s history is replete with governmental acknowledgment and in some cases, accommodation of religion.”

My comment is:
The separation between church and state is the non-existence of government authority over religion or our duty to the Creator. When you show me where the Constitution grants the government authority over religion, I will concede that there is no separation between church and state in the Nobel Charter.
1slice@comcast.ner

[FredFlash]

Religious freedom is not about distinguishing acknowledging religion from advocating religion. If the test to determine what is permissible is whether the law or other official act acknowledges God, then a death warrant ordering the exceution of an individual for his religion would meet the test just as long as it contained an acknowledgement of God.

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I, King Henry VIII, in the name of God and in the defense of the true faith, do hereby order that Sir Thomas Moore on the 14th of October of the year of our Lord 1520, be executed by severing his head from his body for the crime of refusing to give the oath of supremecy as requied by the law proclaimed by the King.

King Henry VII



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