Comments on: Lexington Extremist Christian Jeff Fugate Rushes to the Defense of Materialism and a Pagan Symbol, is Joined by State Senate President David Williams and The Family Foundation

By: Blue Bluegrass » Blog Archive » What’s That Sound? Everybody Look What’s Going Down

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:03:16 +0000

[...] While it would be one thing if the purpose of the rally was to highlight the importance of coal, Fugate has a history of portraying a rally for one purpose (such as a Fourth of July patriotic rally) when in fact it turns out to have an entirely different purpose. [...]

By: Bob Layton

Bob Layton — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:24:20 +0000

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

That language separates church from state, Darren. The specific descriptive term that was used to detail this amendment’s religious impact known as the wall of separation of church and state came from Baptists. The Danbury, Connecticut Baptists wrote Thomas Jefferson a letter asking for their religious minority views to be protected under the Constitution. The Constitution, by the way, Darren, includes the Bill of Rights, including the Amendments. I hope it’s clear that the Amendments are also part of the Constitution, not some separate document.

Here’s the information on how the Wall of Separation of Church and State came about at the request of Baptists:

http://www.usconstitution.net/jeffwall.html

By: kentondem1

kentondem1 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:37:06 +0000

Oh, those pesky amendments!

By: kentondem1

kentondem1 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:34:50 +0000

While you are searching the Constitution , Darren, please note how many times you run across the word “God” ?

I think the correct term is separation OF church and state.

By: Darren Allison

Darren Allison — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:21:58 +0000

I would like someone to show me in the Constitution where it states Seperation from Church and State… What article is that under, since I can not find this phrase within the document. Just trying to find out where people derive that the founding fathers said that there was a Separation of Church and State… last I knew they founded our country under God.

By: Bob Layton

Bob Layton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:06:15 +0000

Old time pagan religion, maybe….

By: kentondem1

kentondem1 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:57:54 +0000

I guess it depends on just how “old time” you want your religion to be.

By: Bob Layton

Bob Layton — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:32:22 +0000

There are hundreds of millions who are beyond fed up with seeing their religion misused and perverted for political purposes. The other irony is that the current so-called evangelicals completely ignore the social issues that the original evangelicals of 120 years ago held dear: those issues that made life better here on earth for all people. Limits on child labor, women’s rights, environmental issues were part of the core beliefs of the original evangelicals. Only in the last 30 years have the evangelical movement become a secular political movement unrelated to its religious roots.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:22:32 +0000

Know what’s really funny about the Family Foundation making a Grinch joke?

Abramson used the same joke last year.

Yes, I’m calling Marty Cothran unoriginal and potentially plagertastic.

Looky: http://media.www.ntdaily.com/media/storage/paper877/news/2008/11/26/Opinion/Dr.Seuss.Lawyers.Stop.WhoVille.In.Louisville-3562233.shtml