[PEN-L:7208] Re: Gore Wants Churches to Get Govt. Money

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, this partnership of church and state could be called neo-feudalism. Neat idea.

Ever seen those Marine commercials where  a few good men are traced back in origin to knights in armor ?


Charles Brown

>>> Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 05/25/99 11:20AM >>>

> [Gore's] proposal for ``a new partnership'' between church and state,
> outlined in a presidential campaign speech at a downtown
> Salvation Army, centered around the notion that ``politics and
> morality are deeply interrelated.''

we already live under a "partnership" of government and business, so this
would be a three-way partnership (especially since many churches are run
like businesses). Now if the US could change the title of the resident of
the White House to "Ayatollah" ...

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