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's why we are here. We have a freedom to speak our minds. On blogs, newspapers, and books. You name it, freedom is everywhere.
Maybe not. It appears there is one thing you are not permitted to talk about. One topic that appears to some to not be covered by the Bill of Rights. The topic is about God.
Somewhere in those words types who want to remove all aspects of God from our world see the following words: "Seperation of Church and State". Hmm, I read the First Amendment several times, and haven't even seen the word "seperated".
I bring this up because our favorate God hater, Michael Newdow is at it again. This time he doesn't want God mentioned when President Bush takes his second Oath of Office.
WASHINGTON — A ruling was expected Friday on atheist Michael Newdow's lawsuit to stop the invocation prayer at President Bush's second inauguration.On Thursday, Newdow told U.S. District Judge John Bates that having a minister invoke God in the Jan. 20 ceremony would violate the Constitution by forcing him to accept unwanted religious beliefs.
Newdow became famous in 2002 for his unsuccessful attempt to remove the phrase "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Two years earlier, he also tried to stop the prayer in Bush's first inauguration, but lost in two federal courts.
The government had asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss the current lawsuit, saying the invocation had been widely accepted for more than 200 years old.
Two ministers delivered Christian invocations at Bush's inaugural ceremony in 2001, and plans call for a minister to do the same before Bush takes the oath of office again next week.
In court, Newdow argued that the prayers violate the constitutional ban on the establishment of religion.
"I am going to be standing there having this imposed on me," Newdow told the court by phone on Thursday. "They will be telling me I'm an outsider at that particular moment."
This is the same guy who tried to get the words "Under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance.
This guy, who happens to be a lawyer, seems to offended easily at every little thing.
Freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion. I suggest Mr. Newdow stop being so easily offended.
Posted by psugrad98 at January 14, 2005 08:12 AM
