Re: church/state seperation

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ambrose searle) wrote:
>Carol Lee Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> > > It isn't online yet. I happen to know 2 folks who were there at the
>> > > trial. It was a mockery of justice, unless you are an atheist and a
>> > > believer in the theory of evolulution, in which case I full expect you
>> > > to applaud the efforts of those who removed him.
>>  
>> > There is actually a section of it available that seems to imply that
>> > part of what was at issue during the trial was a **test of Moore's
>> > beliefs**
>>  
>> > http://toogoodreports.com/column/general/baldwin/20031116-fss.htm
>> 
>> Chuck Wagon Baldwin?
>> 
>> By all means, read his spin and then read the decision at:
>> 
>> http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/religion/inremoore111303opn.pdf
>> 
>> And then tell me, with a straight face, that there exists any similarity.
>
>The decision does not include the transcript. Baldwin has given at
>least a portion of the transcript.

Perhaps.  But nothing in the "transcripted" portion seems to be
relevant to the decision and/or its basis.  The closest that it comes
is the references to "acknowledgement of God", and absent context,
that could mean in the broad sense of "throughout his life" which
might be more sinister, but in the likely context means "while
performing his duties as Chief Justice".

>The question you need to answer is the question as to why what Moore
>believes about God is even a relevant question.

Neither the "transcript" nor the decision deals with "what Moore
believes about God", so it is irrelevant to this discussion at the
least.  The decision is about his actions, and whether his words
indicate that his actions might be different in the future.

>If it is a relevant question, then there is a religious test, which is
>unconstitutional.

It wasn't, so there isn't, so it isn't.

lojbab
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