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Michael Newdow is actually quite brilliant ...
regardless whether you agree with him or not.
I don't think he's an attorney, but he acquitted himself more than admirably in front of nine Supreme Court judges when challenging prayer in school. He easily dismissed every objection thrown at him with precision and logic. He even accomplished what no one though was possible, out-dueling Scalia.
In the end, the Supreme Court ducked the issue by ruling that Newdow didn't have standing to sue on behalf of his daughter.
posted by
fwmystic
on January 18, 2005 at 7:33 AM
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Thanks for reading, especially you, Isaiah!
Bush needs to keep his religion out of his policies? Indeed – that quality of his being makes him even better equipped to do the job he was elected to do. His policies shouldn’t advocate religion per se, as that would be a violation of the Constitutional ban on state establishment of religion (which is what “separation of church and state” is referring to, rather than the liberal idea of a total sterilization of government). But relying on his faith for support, direction, strength and guidance is a critical advantage, even a requirement, for a position of such overwhelming responsibility.
posted by
WriterofLight
on January 16, 2005 at 5:51 PM
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Read the Constitution, folks
There is no separation of church and state? Well, that may be true nowadays, but it is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution. Read it, guys. And get informed about a foundational principle of this country. There is nothing wrong with Bush expressing his wacko end-of-days, Armageddon-is-coming theology in his own church, in his own private space, even on the street corner if he so desires. But he needs to keep it out of his policies and the public arenas to be true to the spirit and intent of the Constitution. (How ironic that he is trying to promote an open, pluralistic, tolerant, constitutional democracy in Iraq while he undermines the principles underpinning such a democracy on our own soil.)
posted by
Isaiah_in_a_Rage
on January 15, 2005 at 6:43 PM
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AMEN writer! Good post.
posted by
PastorB
on January 14, 2005 at 7:53 PM
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Newdow is an idiot, there is no such things as
seperation of church and state but Bush is still a dumb as a stump.
posted by
scoop
on January 14, 2005 at 7:30 PM
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