"Gunner" wrote in message
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On 24 Jan 2006 05:30:06 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:

No. It says NO LAW. None.

Jim

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.

You will notice it also forbids the free expression of religion. Not
to mention freedom of speech.

Im still waiting for your cites on the claim you made about :freedom
From religion:

Gunner

Since you're so fond of strict construction of the Constitution, you can
find your answer at the Merriam-Webster site, in which 12 basic categories
of description for the preposition "of" can be found, including this one:

"...used as a function word to indicate something from which a person or
thing is delivered eased of her pain or with respect to which someone or
something is made destitute robbed of all their belongings"

It's the most general and inclusive of prepositions. Medical writers use it
too much. I slap their hands for it regularly.

It's typical of the vagueness and intentional ambiguity of many parts of the
Constitution, which has a historical and political purpose. For example, the
2nd Amendment, which is a Nominative Absolute construction, the most
intentionally vague construction that relates a phrase to a clause.

--
Ed Huntress