The man who uttered the WALL of SEPARATION is the author of the Declaration of Independence, the Father of religious freedom, the advocate of the Bill of Rights, the President who abolished the slave trade, and whose principles were described by Abe Lincoln as “the DEFINITIONS and AXIOMS of FREE SOCIETY”: THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Santorum deceives in his attribution, and evinces his evil in associating Jefferson’s WALL with the KKK.
"It is now no child's play to save the principles of Jefferson from total overthrow in this nation. One would state with great confidence that he could convince any sane child that the simpler propositions of Euclid are true, but nevertheless he would fail, utterly, with one who should deny the definitions and axioms. The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society...
All honor to Jefferson -- to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and sagacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document, an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there, that today, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression." – Abraham Lincoln
Since Santorum lies about the WALL attribution, I do not give him the benefit of the doubt on his interpretation of the Wall of Separation. To the honest, I squeeze my mind to try to explain:
1) Private individuals cannot take the law into their own hands unless in an emergency. This makes it clear that what people have delegated to the state/government is the right to use force to repel, defeat, punish, or prevent the initiation of force. Thus, George Washington described the government as FORCE.
Does a private individual have the right to impose on a rights-respecter, e.g. impose religion-based values? No. Since the people cannot delegate a right they do not possess, the state does not have this power either. The WALL separates legal force from all actions and words that do not violate the equal rights of others.
2) The stock of car–maker Ford is traded publicly, yet it is privately owned. Whereas, GM and Chrysler have been taken over by the state. They are state owned.
Tim Tebow tebows in public. Since he is not a wielder of legal coercive power, since the NFL is not a government entity, and since tebowing does not violate anyone's rights: neither the ACLU nor anyone can sue Tebow or the NFL.
The honest do not equivocate between public and government.
3) In freedom, the people are free; whereas, the government/state/force is not free. LEGAL FORCE is chained to its only proper function: secure equal inherent inalienable rights. To freedom respecters, the function of the WALL is crystal: the WALL separates legal force from rights respecters. The WALL divides the free from the chained.
Santorum and his fellow anti wall of separation, e.g. Palin and West, are DARK-AGES warriors.
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Euclid's Elements: Propositions 1-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-TuoQPtmQ
It is not okay for Obama or Christie, in their official capacities, to favor Islam or Sharia. In the same way, it is not okay for Santorum to favor his religion if he ever wields coercive power again, and not okay for Romney to ram down Mormon-based values when he becomes POTUS.
Theocracy is evil, whether it is in Iran or in the US.
Since government is force, there should be a WALL of SEPARATION between state/government/FORCE and religion/economics/science/education/art...
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Once again Ilyn Ross tries to smear the name of a good man with totally false accusations. The facts are as follows:
1. Thomas Jefferson did use the term 'wall of separation' but made it quite clear that what he meant was nothing more than the 'establishment clause' and 'freedom of religion' clause that made there way into the Constitution. Proof: See here:
"In that now-famous letter, Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptists that the U.S. legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting free exercise of, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.” Interestingly, a mere two days after writing this letter, Jefferson participated in church services held in the House of Representatives." http://www.tburg.k12.ny.us/hsking/Apgov/Men%20in%20Black.pdf
2. Justice Black interpreted the 'wall of separation' to apply to the states, and not merely the federal government (clearing changing its original intent to prohibit the establishment of a National Religion). Proof: see here:
"In 1947, the Supreme Court ruined the balance of religion in Everson v. Board of Education. Justice Hugo Black revived the quote from Jefferson’s letter and used it to declare that it not only apply to national government, but to state and local governments as well. In his opinion, Justice Black undercut the true meaning of the religion clauses. Today, the case is remembered more for the “wall” metaphor than for the actual decision that stands in support of religious freedom." http://www.tburg.k12.ny.us/hsking/Apgov/Men%20in%20Black.pdf
3. Justice Black did join the KKK in 1921. Proof: See here:
"[Justice Black] joined the Ku Klux Klan shortly after, thinking it necessary for his political career. Running for the Senate as the "people's" candidate, Black believed he needed the votes of Klan members. Near the end of his life, Black would admit that joining the Klan was a mistake, but he went on to say "I would have joined any group if it helped get me votes."[12]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Black
4. Therefore, Santorum was correct in calling Justice Black a former member of the KKK. And never associated Jefferson with the KKK (which did not even exist at that time in history.)
Although I do not expect to see one, an apology to Rick Santorum is clearly in order here.
http://www.queerty.com/watch-testy-santorum-lies-about-speech-calls-bullshit-on-ny-times-reporter-20120326/
Dunghill-mouthed LYING Santorum, an applicant for Chief Wielder of Coercive Power, disrespects the First Amendment.
"No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, no one ever will…. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." - Thomas Jefferson
Santorum LIED about the author of the wall of separation, falsely attributing it to one he describes as a former member of the KKK. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxWHCKDPiM&feature=player_embedded
Evading REAGANCARE, Santorum lies about Romneycare - http://ilynross.blogspot.com/2012/02/evading-reagancare-santorum-lies-about.html
The wall of separation principle is very clear. Government is FORCE. This is why it should be separated from religion, science, education, economics, art, bedroom, uterus, etc.
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