A simple statement from a simple (left to your evaluation) person: I came to
believe that the single most important purpose of the American Revolution, the
establishment of the Constitution and the United States of America was to
protect all of our lawful activities from government, first and foremost -  if
that's not too terribly flawed -- I guess the real question is: Why must any
part of it have to be defended or interpreted?
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From: "Richard Dixon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: intent of the establishment clause


Apropos of the recent exchange on original intent in the First Amendment is this
interesting analysis at a recent lecture at the UVA Law School.
"The nation's founders included the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
to protect and promote the church's inculcation of public virtue, rather than to
protect the federal government from the influence of religion, said Judge
Michael W. McConnell at the Oct. 27 Meador Lecture on Law and Religion."
http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/news/2005_fall/mcconnell.htm

Richard E. Dixon
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