Jeff Binkley -> Ed Hulett wrote:



 EH>>>>>> No one is mandating the pledge. "[U]nder
Gad" is a part of
 EH>>>> the    pledge EH>> now and will remain so. It
makes you look
 EH>>>>   foolish to continue whining EH>> about it.

 DC>>>>> Has it occurred to you that many people don't say the pledge
 EH>>>>   because DC> of _religious_ reasons?

 EH>>>> Has it occurred to you that I couldn't care less?

 DC>>>>> Like it or not, this country was not founded as a
xian nation.

 EH>>>> I never said it was. It was founded by Christians, though.

 RS>>> Dead wrong.

 EH>> Are you saying that the early settlers of what is now the US weren't
 EH>> Christians looking for a place to freely exercise their religion?

 EH>> Are you saying that the language of the First Amendment was to ensure
 EH>> the free exercise of religion?

 EH>> Are you saying there were no Christians among those who set up our
 EH>> form of government?

 EH>> If you have evidence to back up your position, why did you rely on
 EH>> only two words as an argument?

 JB> He, not Ceppa, have aver read the Federalist Papers.  I question whether
 JB> they even know what they are.

What do you expect from the illiterate?

Ed

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