RE: Legal System Not Ruled By Christian Bible

["Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>]

Greetings once again Visionaires -

By my interpretation, the US Constitution is a "living" document.  By
"living" I mean that the US Constitution is still active, and has been for
over 200 years.

I believe that the framers intended on making the Constitution flexible so
that it would endure.  It is true that several courts throughout this nation
have interpreted the US Constitution in many varying ways.  The
"flexibility" of the Constitution ensures its longevity.

If you wish to fight/change a law, there are three "avenues" of approach.
These "avenues" are more commonly referred to as the three branches of
government (the legislative, judicial, and executive).  Legislatively you
may vote in a representative that more closely identifies with your belief
structure.  Judicially, you may break a law and "fight" it out in court or
you may file a civil law suit.  Executively, you may file for a recall.

Proud to be an agnostic American,

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Gibbs [mailto:canorder@moscow.com]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 12:10 PM
To: thansen@moscow.com
Subject: RE: Legal System Not Ruled By Christian Bible


Okay, as long as the Constitution is not interpreted as a "living
document." Otherwise you can make it say whatever you want it to say, which
is not what the framers had in mind.




>The US Constitution.
>
>
>
>Okay, but by what standard will the "by the people, and for the people"
>rule?
>
>
>At 06:38 PM 7/26/02 +0000, thansen@moscow.com wrote:
> >Greetings Visionaires -
> >
> >John Harrell stated:
> >
> > > Ok, for the sake of an argument, if the US is not a Christian ruled
> >government,
> > > then by what means would law be made? By reason? By marxism? By
atheism?
> > >
> > > The question will always come back to: by whose standards?
> >
> >To quote a famous American (Abraham Lincoln), " . . . this government of
>the
> >people, by the people, and for the people . . . "
> >
> >See you all Saturday at Friendship Square,
> >
> >Tom Hansen
> >Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >
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