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In other words, none of your permissiveness even applies. So now what's your excuse?
Can he just re-write it? Is that ok? Sure seems that way.
Then I'm sure you're 100% behind the thought that our Pledge of Allegiance and our money should return to how they were before the word "god" was added to them.
Totally irrelevant and invalid excuses. All he has to do is read the words as written, or don't use them as an example for his audience. It's really that simple.
That Obama left out a word is totally irrelevant and invalid.
You overdosed on Limbaugh! The paranoia is laughable!
Your ignorance of the DOI is pathetic. You stoop to insults because you can't argue the merits of the debate on the DOI....Shallow, vaccuous and embarrassing at the least. Carry on
What I think is funny is that the Progressives here think that creator only means God and a Christian one at that. What is wrong with you people? I thought you were critical thinkers and highly intelligent? That statement couldn't be further from the truth in all honesty. A "creator" is any higher power that you believe in, whether it is religion or science. That is the point of that word being there. It drives home the fact that neither man nor government gives us those rights and neither man nor government can take them away. That is why it is important for him to recite those words. If you don't believe in a higher power and think humans are the be all end all of the highest power, I feel sorry for you.
But for the sake of argument: Show me where OMITTING a word in the Declaration of Independence is against the law or unconstitutional?
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Who is arguing "constitutionality"? This omission is deliberate and the reason why is stated in my response above. No big deal. BO is merely showing his stripes. No big deal to those who worship at his feet but an insult to Thomas Jefferson and all those who signed the DOI.
So be it and take it for what it is here; a stupid political ploy to manipulate people minds when it comes to understanding the important elements in the DOI.
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The correct term to use is Anti-American. No man gives us our rights in this country and Obama needs to understand and echo that statement.
Actually, it was men that gave us our rights in this country. It's not like your invisible imaginary friend in the sky came down and handed us our Bill of Rights.
What I think is funny is that the Progressives here think that creator only means God and a Christian one at that. What is wrong with you people? I thought you were critical thinkers and highly intelligent? That statement couldn't be further from the truth in all honesty. A "creator" is any higher power that you believe in, whether it is religion or science. That is the point of that word being there. It drives home the fact that neither man nor government gives us those rights and neither man nor government can take them away. That is why it is important for him to recite those words. If you don't believe in a higher power and think humans are the be all end all of the highest power, I feel sorry for you.
This all boils down to religion. That the founding fathers even referenced a creator was a mistake in my opinion. No mention of God should be allowed in a governmental document because that implies the government believes it exists. Our government has no official position on that issue. Your last statements certainly take a self-righteous holier-than-thou attitude. You even dictate what a creator is to the rest of us and take pity on us. Thanks, but I don't need pity. I need us to focus on real issues, not the sand in our swimsuits.
This is so sad at how many people are making excuses for the changing of such an important document.
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