Don't you talk ugly to me, J. Hugh Sullivan. I'll send you to the moon with
my magic shirt!
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:25:18 -0500, "Dysdiadochokinesia"
>
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>>
>> "stephenj"
>> news:$@...
>>> OrangeDood wrote:
>>>> Ken Ham, who opened the Creation Museum last year, and co-author
>>>> Charles Ware, president of Crossroads Bible College in Indianapolis,
>>>> have written "Darwin's Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots," arguing
>>>> that the theory inspired the Nazi belief in racial superiority and the
>>>> murderous policies of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
>>>
>>> it's true that many racists did misappropriate evolution theory to support
>>> their wacky views.
>>>
>>> but keep the bigger picture in mind: these types of arguments are in part
>>> an act of desperation by religious types forced on them by the supreme
>>> court's erroneous decisions against teaching creationism in public
>>> schools.
>>
>> There is nothing erroneous about those decisions. Teaching religious
>> beliefs
>> in public schools is a crystal-clear 1st amendment violation; even you
>> should know this.
>
> No, the government passing a law (pro or con) is the violation. Reread
> the amendment.
By that logic, the First Amendment makes *itself* unconstitutional.
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Daniel Seriff
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of hell will break loose and be much harder to detect.
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