Google| Subject | Re: OT: For those who Doubt |
| From | Conrad Dunkerson |
| Date | 2001-10-08 13:29 (2001-10-08 04:29) |
| Message-ID | <1178b6d1.0110080329.5521e22e@posting.google.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Russ |
mcresq@aol.com (Russ) wrote in message news:<20011007224551.07086.00000636@nso-md.aol.com>...
RussWell... I think the Mormons might disagree. And the Native Americans for that matter.
In fact, Jefferson acknowledged that the several states had the power to legislate in the area of religion. That was not disputed until the 1940's and the Rooselvelt Supreme Court.
In both cases the >Federal< government effectively legislated against their local religions... long before the 1940s. Federal control of right to religious expression has been part of this country pretty much from the beginning - just not always explicitly so.
The counter-claim is of course that passing a law which happens to outlaw or prevent some aspect of a religion (like the ability to teach it to your children) is not specifically a violation of separation... but it seems pretty specious to me.
2001-10-06-
