tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243866.post7760760355078105312..comments2023-08-12T05:18:55.987-04:00Comments on What's Up Doc?: 2012 Presidential Hopefuls vs. Equality, Justice and HumanityRev. Gregory "Doc" Lowreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15089788054132919739noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243866.post-72144226734761316232012-03-05T09:29:45.797-05:002012-03-05T09:29:45.797-05:00First, the first ammendent say nothing about consc...First, the first ammendent say nothing about conscience although it may be implied. The actual wording is congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion nor preventing the free excercise thereof. If you read Kennedy's speech you will realize he took it further then the constitution mandates. Further, where does the term seperation of church and state come from. It was dug out of a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptists (also note Jefferson was not there at the writing of the constitution) where if you take it in context says essentially that the government will not interfere in religion. Also at the time several States had a state religion which many kept for several decades, as the constitution did not address this to the states (at least in the beginning). This seperation was dug out by Hugo Black during a supreme court decision, and was mainly aimed at the Catholic Church Schools (as Mr. Black was an anti-catholic bigot and a klan member). So the fact that Presidential hopefull Santorum questions Kenndy (whos family has a long history of treason by the way) and a supreme court justice who was a bigot and a klan member, this somehow makes him anti-constitution.. Sorry I don't get it.Elsa Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11083677833981401714noreply@blogger.com