Comments on: Prayer Stations http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/prayer-stations/ Powered by StBlogs Catholic Blogs and Catholic News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:13:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: jean http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/prayer-stations/comment-page-1/#comment-2308 jean Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:16 +0000 http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/?p=292#comment-2308 Well, the states are supposed to get the smackdown on Constitutional grounds. Witness Connecticut lawmakers twice going to the woodshed; first for trying to impose a secular committee to oversee Catholic parishes, and again for attempting to label the Church a lobbyist. Yes, Maryland was a Catholic state at one time and banned Protestants and Jews. Not as bad as New York, which had the death sentence for Catholic priests. Well, the states are supposed to get the smackdown on Constitutional grounds. Witness Connecticut lawmakers twice going to the woodshed; first for trying to impose a secular committee to oversee Catholic parishes, and again for attempting to label the Church a lobbyist.

Yes, Maryland was a Catholic state at one time and banned Protestants and Jews. Not as bad as New York, which had the death sentence for Catholic priests.

]]> By: ultraguy http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2009/06/29/prayer-stations/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 ultraguy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:45 +0000 http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/?p=292#comment-2307 The 1st Amendment goes even further than that. <i>"Congress shall make no law RESPECTING an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."</i> They're not supposed to even touch it... which hasn't stopped them from establishing a <i>de facto</i> religion of secular relativism with its own rites, values and prohibitions. People also forget that individual states are NOT prohibited from doing such things. Maryland, for instance, was effectively a Catholic state for quite some time if I remember correctly. The 1st Amendment goes even further than that. “Congress shall make no law RESPECTING an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” They’re not supposed to even touch it… which hasn’t stopped them from establishing a de facto religion of secular relativism with its own rites, values and prohibitions. People also forget that individual states are NOT prohibited from doing such things. Maryland, for instance, was effectively a Catholic state for quite some time if I remember correctly.

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