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Rosco T. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 11:57 PM
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Isn't this an easy way to de-rail Miers nomination???
Miers is a self-described evangelical christian, yes?

By being such, she could not swear an oath to uphold the constitution as the 'law of the land'. She answers to the higher law of the evangelical christian and could put no law above her faith.

Game. Set. Match.


(saw this on another board, but sound quite simple, yes?)
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 12:01 AM
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1. maybe her fingers will be crossed behind her back.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 12:02 AM
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2. yer supposing that crowd has any real ethics and would
actually do/say anything for the purpose of getting a job to keep Bush out of jail.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/clark2008.htm
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baby_bear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 12:05 AM
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3. not even a chance
Scalia and Thomas are devout Catholic Christians, and I'm not sure about the others. It is irrelevant.

We shouldn't go there, unless the candidate's views indicate that she would not protect Constitutional right and the basic acceptace of separation of church and state.

If we start demanding atheists as justices, we have lost.

On the other hand, if her religion prevents her from recognizing established law concerning equal rights and privacy, that is something else.

Let's be careful.

b_b
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 05:48 PM
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4. The Constitution prohibits any religious test for office.
That includes any test to disavow one's faith.
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