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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho am I gonna believe? You or Sean Hannity
Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.
Source: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814.
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.
Source: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, March 17, 1814.
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Who am I gonna believe? You or Sean Hannity (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Apr 2012
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Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)1. Rufus the apostle agrees
VWolf
(3,944 posts)2. LOL I love Rufus n/t
RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)3. Treaty of Tripoli, 1797
"the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_tripoli
Bandit
(21,475 posts)5. A ratified Treaty is "The Supreme Law of the Land"
Doesn't matter what we say, they have their minds made up and God himself could not change them...
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)4. George Carlin
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)6. oh, snap!