Re: Sacred tangent (was Re: just checking...)

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Karl Swenson wrote:

>>>> The Constitution says nothing about sentiments.
>>>
>>> **no but it does offer limits on religion.
>>
>> Well, that's not the point here, is it?
>
> **err, no, but it does offer a perspective on this.

Perhaps, but as with word choices, so with perspectives:  some are more 
helpful, more conducive, than others.

> If a person feels the constitution is god breathed, he can, but there 
> are still limitations on what can do with that belief, so to me this 
> much ado over nothing.

Methinks you are way too stuck on the question of whether or not your 
government can formally endorse a religion.  Well, of course it can't, at 
least not right now.  (The Constitution *can*, in theory, be amended.)

The point here is not that Palin is helping the Mormons build a state 
church, per se.  The point here is that she, and they, are stirring up 
sentiments that lead to *other* sorts of government actions.

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