From: Howard J. Van Till (hvantill@chartermi.net)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2003 - 09:44:39 EDT
From: RFaussette@aol.com
> In a message dated 7/19/03 8:30:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> hvantill@chartermi.net writes:
> I do indeed celebrate the separation of church (representing
> institutionalized religion) and state in America. My own reflection is that
> when church (institutionalized religion) and state (institutionalized civil
> power) become one, both are profoundly corrupted.
To which Rich replied:
> Then how would you address the election of Hilary Clinton by a Jewish block
> vote of one single community in NY? This is separation of church and state?
The US Constitution forbids the establishment of a state religion. I
celebrate that.
That constitutional prohibition does not, however, prevent such things as
religiously-motivated block voting -- a phenomenon that I do not celebrate,
whether perpetrated by Jews, Muslims or Christians.
Howard Van Till
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