Patting the wrists, rolling the eyes.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Free Terri!
regardless of your blasphemously derogatory view of people of faith, who far outnumber the unfaithful,

I have never been derogatory against people of faith. I have just been deragatory of people like you. You do not represent all people of faith. As a Christian, and a person of faith, I can tell you that you do not represent me. Generally, I prefer that people who represent me to know the definitions of the words they are using. I know it is fun to use "big words" but you should really consult a dictionary before doing so.

Originally posted by Free Terri!
I will respond and note that it was Tom Jefferson who said, "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government."

Thomsa Jefferson, who you like to quote, was a Deist and not a Christian. He thought most of the New Testament was mythology and created his own Bible (often referred to as the Jefferson bible) that deleted all references he thought were untrue - including the Virgin Birth, the Healings, the Resurrection. John Adams and Alexander Hamilton both thought that Jefferson was really an atheist, and for that reason, they thought he was unfit to be President. Jefferson was not an Atheist or Agnostic, he did believe in God, but he believed in the Deist watchmaker theory - God created the universe but after he did so he does not interfere at all with his creation. Jefferson thought there was no evidence to support that God was involed in our lives. Just thought you should know you were quoting a blasphemer.

Originally posted by Free Terri!
The people don't seek to have Jeb break the law, rather to uphold the legitimate object of government. he had the power he abdicated. A wimp. Much like his dad. Thankfullly that gene skipped over W.

You may think that is the legimate act of government, but if you want him to ignore a federal or state court order, he would be breaking the law. He may not be breaking God's law, but he would be breaking the law of the Country. And why do you give W a pass. He could federalize the national guard and have the tube reinserted. If he really wanted to.