anynameyouwish
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Justice Black, appointed by FDR, wrote the majority decision that created the "separation church/state" in the late 40's. Black was also a KKK member who hated Papists among other ethnic groups. The intent was to stop the proliferation of religious based (mostly Catholic) schools. There is no mention of Church/State in the Constitution and democrats relied on an obscure letter by Jefferson. Through the years mostly democrats expanded the concept to the point that a kid can get arrested for carrying a Bible to school and small municipalities would be threatened with law suits that would bankrupt them if they dared put a Christmas tree on public property while federal hypocrites make a point of placing the biggest tree they can find on federal property every year.
I'm curious.
Every conservative on this board
every conservative I read in the opinion pages
every conservative who writes a book
SPINS the truth...
misleads, deceives....
Generally by mis-representing the ACTUAL truth or refusing to include information/facts that are damaging to their intended biased perspective
So...
"Through the years mostly democrats expanded the concept to the point that a kid can get arrested for carrying a Bible to school"
can you show any evidence of this?
or is it a lie?
isn't the real truth that NO RELIGION is allowed to be promoted on school property?
isn't the REAL TRUTH that conservative christians have TRIED to proselytize to everyone elses children? attempting to use OUR schools to brainwash OUR kids? so we stopped you and now you and mad and make up lies.....?
" and small municipalities would be threatened with law suits that would bankrupt them if they dared put a Christmas tree on public property"
There could be exceptions that you can, no doubt, point me to, but isn't this mostly a "if you put up displays for ONE religion then you must allow ANY religion to put up displays" thing?
and speaking of christmas trees......
Christmas in Puritan New England - Wikipedia
"Christmas celebrations in New England were illegal during parts of the 17th century, and were culturally taboo or rare in former Puritan colonies from foundation until the mid-18th century. The Puritan community found no scriptural justification for celebrating Christmas, and associated such celebrations with paganism and idolatry. Indeed, Christmas celebrations in 17th-century England involved Carnival-like behavior including role inversion, heavy drinking, and sexual liberties.[1]
The earliest years of the Plymouth Colony were troubled with non-Puritans attempting to make merry, and Governor William Bradford was forced to reprimand offenders. English laws suppressing the holiday were enacted in the English Interregnum, but repealed late in the 17th century. However, the Puritan view of Christmas and its celebration had gained cultural ascendancy in New England, and Christmas celebrations continued to be discouraged despite being legal. "
so if you think we are "christian nation" because the puritans were christians then you HAVE TO OPPOSE the celebrating of christmas.
unless you don't mind CHANGING a TRADITION that you disagree with?