European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                E 12 the stars John sir 1977 shall make no Law respecting an establishment of or prohibiting the free exercise on its face the first amendment provision seems simple and its did not worry about Fine spun to them it merely meant that the United states should not have an established Church As did the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut arid endorsed the Prin Ciple of religious it you had approached them and inquired whether this amendment gave anyone the right to set up a religion and claim immunity from they would have thought you suffered from a and sent you to be bled by Benjamin Rush if on religious grounds you refused to work on they would have sent you to Sec your local legislature to ask for the right to celebrate a different Sabbath with out for granted was the right of the civil magistrate to define religious be a position bolstered by both Roger Williams and John Thomas 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tax on Gas Ujita by a minister a lax on Reli dose behind were militant secularists who wanted to prevent any tax support to religious mainly Catholic there Musl have been times when a supreme court conference of an impending decision resembled a Church with Justice Douglas of All people asserting the United slates was a religious nation whose institutions presuppose a supreme Justice Jackson suggesting Impi Ousby that for a secular court u define religious rights was in itself a violation of the separation of Church and and other judges Drifting from pillar to Post As the spirit moved to while the supreme courts decision often buttressed Basic rights of conscience and contributed to an improved climate of civil they also created a deals anal for sex you protected religious conscientious we rent Fly gelling a special break compared to the Guy who Supply didst want to get shot or another what about Laws mandating sunday As a Day of the term is a bit but for our purposes the question does this constitute a breach in the Wall Between tin opinion in it efm inn it Onui wit Suitan Church and Stater it la the  Laws initially passed Loen courage trips the a sunday Day was special break a pure no problem sure it violates the the court did an holding sunday Holiday to be a sort of Cus secular you habitual Day of but then what about the seventh Day adventists and others who observe saturday the politician has no problem let them Lake of saturdays and make up the lost Lime during the lot Khe jewish kids stay Home from school on Rosh Kashana and Tom the christians on Christmas and Good the buddhists on the Gua Tamas and the the month of Ramadan is a but give them one Day a no votes lost of that Screnar but Doest it violate the first Amend ment by giving to the religious All this in background music to the big coming up the internal Revenue agents and slate tax collectors Are sharpening their quills for some extremely questionable religions with substantial How do you sort out the fairs from i Ebona fide churches an atheist at this Point would argue there All inthe same bag perhaps our next supreme court Justice should be a Canon lawyer but  that William sorry the answer is no few things belter dispose a Man to smile upon the world of gelling and spend ing than an imminent it to be a scandalous act of irresponsibility to suspend this column Tor a period of an entire week rather As if the magnetic North pole were to take off a week to re charge it what will people do for orientation it would be appropriate for Congress to adjourn for one and for president Carter to put All by Sensi in Abe but before i i Musl reply to bar i have written on the a crystallized ethic of the general attitude on the subject is lackadaisical fing a Bank whose policies he probably knows less about than the Banks Advertis ing manager knows about batting aver like professional everyone knows it is and nobody appears to Lawrence Olivier can move from playing and Dis Daining the imperfections of human to shilling for Polaroid so what politicians read the lines someone writes for poets laureate can be got to Praise a Monarch notwithstanding their private opinions of Art is for i have come recently across a Cate gory of people known in the Trade As Vir they Are Public figures who decline to endorse a cot numerical i saw a list of prominent virgins but recall Only the name of James now stratagems Deflora Ting virgins Are wonderfully for i have hero this most engaging dear Buckley would you be inter ested in appearing in a print and for bar Neys mens clothing store the and would say id Lite to commend Barneys for its incredible selection of conservative i real we your answer will lie predicated on at whether youd like to commend Barneys for incredible selection of con ser Vallye clothes there being the Barneys or conservative and b whether you care to do any endorse ments at any it youre please get in touch with me at your earliest there is a one gentility in that whether you care to do any endorsements whatsoever suggests resignedly that there Are still some of us who Are stubbornly devoted to spinster Hoood but also leaves open the possibility hat we Are playing the role of the Coy mistress maybe we just Puma be another Nice touch being the possibility youve never been heard or cared about or Cal construction tie sheer hypothetical contingency m of itt always Yon never heard of Abraham the Virgin to defend to Tell actual close to to Tot icing her tils the soft the pm sell More English Tyfian but Over is it a coincidence that cwt which is becoming rhetorically mod i should declare itself enthusiastic Over conservative Dothes Koukl Bamert launch a National Campaign Tor Judy clothes if whom would they approach to advertise them the Tad Zeppelin tha Only appropriate answer to the author Otto beguiling an and is i do care about conservative if 1 knew in sure t would love but i intend to remain a Virgin until me tune comes Noone will any Laager care 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