On Sep 9, 11:49*pm, Mark & Juanita wrote:

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* The Bill of Rights was not meant to protect the Federal Government *from*
anything -- it was designed to protect the people from the *government*.
The first amendment was designed to prevent the federal government from
establishing a state church, not to prevent leaders of the country from
expressing their own religious views.
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Implimentation, OTOH, is another thing entirely.

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