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FW: Legal System Not Ruled By Christian Bible
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- Subject: FW: Legal System Not Ruled By Christian Bible
- From: "Doug Jones" <credenda@moscow.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 17:12:24 -0400
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Ted Moffett
> Actually, now we are getting somewhere. The legal system in the USA
is not
> ruled by the Christian Bible. It is ruled by the US Constitution and
> related documents and related court and legislative decisions.
Therefore
> people who think the Christian Bible should determine law are trying
to some
> extent to establish a government run by religion, which is
unconstitutional.
> I know there is disagreement on the separation of church and state
as
> expressed in the constitution, but numerous court decisions in the US
have
> supported this separation.
>
And the rules of checkers judge backgammon wrong, and the rules of
backgammon judge checkers wrong, and so on and so on, all through the
toplessness debate. . .
Doug Jones
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