Re: Religious Reich Rage
Taliesin_2

Thu Jul 29 23:20:15 1999
Jenny wrote,*br*: What I find perversely funny is his total ignorance about *br*: American history.  The Founding Fathers never considered *br*: this a Christian nation -- Thomas Jefferson stated *br*: explicitly that the First Amendment was intended to cover *br*: non-Christian religions.*p*Agreed.*p*: And as for the "one nation under God" thing... *br*: well, Mr. Schaeffer obviously isn't familiar with the Pledge *br*: of Allegience's history.  When the Pledge was originally *br*: written, back in 1892, it said:*br*:*br*: "I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for *br*: which it stands: one nation, indivisible, with liberty and *br*: justice for all."*p*Do you know where I can find the original in completeness???*p**br*: In 1942, the words were changed to, "I pledge allegience to the *br*: flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which *br*: it stands:  one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for *br*: all."*p*Hmmm...*br*:*br*: It wasn't until 1954 that the phrase "under God" *br*: was added.  During the height of the McCarthy Era, I might *br*: point out, when America was going through some of its *br*: foulest "witch" hunting...*p**br*Which brings up a question I have. I was watching Citizen Cohn with James Woods and in it, I assume they are referring gays & lesbians, they mention faeries & pixies. My question is this: when/how did pagan/occult terms become associated with the denizens of the gay sub-culture here in the US?*br*:*br*: The Baptist minister who wrote the original pledge was a *br*: much more tolerant and sensible Christian than your *br*: correspondent.  He never insisted this country was his *br*: alone, or that non-Christians were somehow unpatriotic.*p*To bad he's not alive, we need more like him now...
Re: Religious Reich Rage
Jenny
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Tue Jul 27 20:29:07 1999