Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RS> "Ed Hulett -> Dan Ceppa"  wrote in
 RS> news:9341$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

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

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

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

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

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

Ed

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