@michaelbd I'm not sure who has defended it.
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@michaelbd The editorial doesn't defend the Blaine Amendment, it just notes that the proposal would have repealed a main provision.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd Blaine Amendment happens to be the law on the books that prohibits public funds from being used for religious schools.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd advocating the principle of no public $ for religious schools doesn't obligate one to support the Blaine Amendment specificallyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd the idea that those who oppose funding religious schools are also affirming the original intent of the Blaine Amendment is sillyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd You think the principle of "No public monies shall be allocated for sectarian educational institutions" is "stupid and backward"?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd Or Mormon public schools, or Muslim public schools, or Jewish public schools, or Hindi public schools, or Druz public schools..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd So you repudiate "the separation of church and state" as we know it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd I mean those words to evoke the same principle outlined by Thomas Jefferson in his letter to the Danbury BaptistsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd I favor the Bible being taught in public schools.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd Thankfully we Americans part ways with the French. Here, taxpayer dollars may not be used to finance religious proselytization.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd I am comfortable adapting the underlying sentiment that Jefferson conveyed to modern times. Bible should be taught.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd Would depend on each individual case, but I'm working from the principle of "No public $ for sectarian religious proselytization"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd Separation of church and state is a deeply American principle, distinguishing us from Old Europe. Don't trample on it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd So if this is so pedestrian, why did they need a constitutional amendment in Florida?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd Now we are laughed at by Old Europe for the outsized voice that Christian Right people have in national politics.
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@michaelbd And why shouldn't we be suspicious of an initiative "to put something beyond the reach of the courts"? No more checks & balances?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd After historic wins in 2010, the Christian Right did a pretty good job of severely restricting abortion everywhere they couldThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michaelbd OK, and Mike Huckabee + Rick Santorum + Michele Bachmann get a lot of attention in national media, which makes Old Europe snickerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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