On 01-09-98, DAVID HARTUNG declared to ROBERT PLETT:
DH> DH> Do you believe that this should still be our approach, especially
DH> DH> given the wide variety of religious practice in our country?
DH> RP> Absolutely!
DH> Do you believe that those who follow non Christian faiths don't enjoy
DH> equal protection under our law?
Of *course* they do!  That fact has nothing whatever to do with the fact
that ours is country established on the Christian faith, and whose laws
incorporate the principles of that faith.

DH> RP> Whether any state does that is up to the people of that state.  For
DH> RP> you and me, if we don't want such, then it's up to us, by our
DH> RP> forefathers' design, to involve ourselves in such questions in our 
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DH> RP> states. However, it's none of your business or mine, whether Utah, 
or
DH> RP> example, is Mormon or not.  |-)
DH> Question, suppose the State of Oklahoma were to make Shinto the
DH> official State religion, how would you react?
I'd be upset about it and about the loss of our heritage, but that
wouldn't make it unconstitutional.
Bob     /\-/\   - proud Ilk   homebody@galstar.com
C.A.T. ( o o ) Chapter Ilks
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