Comments on: Blur Church/State By Cutting Off $$$ http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BrianOfAtlanta http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/comment-page-1/#comment-80538 BrianOfAtlanta Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:34:49 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/#comment-80538 <blockquote>To the religious right I say go ahead and keep trying to undermine the Constitution.</blockquote> Considering the fact that the Constitution had been "undermined" for nearly 200 years before U.S.C. 42,1988 became law, I think it's safe to say the Constitution will survive this.

To the religious right I say go ahead and keep trying to undermine the Constitution.

Considering the fact that the Constitution had been “undermined” for nearly 200 years before U.S.C. 42,1988 became law, I think it’s safe to say the Constitution will survive this.

]]> By: Meredith http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/comment-page-1/#comment-80536 Meredith Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:29:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/#comment-80536 Lewis, What religious views have the secular left used the gov't to advance? The Consitution calls for the government to make no law that advances any particular religion, to the exclusion of all others, so which one is the left trying to advance? Lewis,

What religious views have the secular left used the gov’t to advance? The Consitution calls for the government to make no law that advances any particular religion, to the exclusion of all others, so which one is the left trying to advance?

]]> By: Lewis http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/comment-page-1/#comment-80004 Lewis Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:10:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/#comment-80004 What horrible people, those evil Christian conservative right wingers! They've adopted the same tactics as the secular left - using the government to advance their religious views. Surely they will burn in hell for that. What horrible people, those evil Christian conservative right wingers! They’ve adopted the same tactics as the secular left – using the government to advance their religious views. Surely they will burn in hell for that.

]]> By: DosPeros http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/comment-page-1/#comment-79861 DosPeros Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:07:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/#comment-79861 <blockquote>Any plaintiff who successfully sues to remedy a violation of the Constitution or a federal civil rights statute is entitled to have his or her attorney's fees paid.</blockquote> Umm, no - but as a plaintiff's oriented lawyer, I wish it were an "entitlement". The remedial provision in question is 42 USC 1988(b) and it reads: "...the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs..." "Discretion" & "may" and "reasonable" do NOT equated to "entitle[ment] to have his or her attorney's fees pad."

Any plaintiff who successfully sues to remedy a violation of the Constitution or a federal civil rights statute is entitled to have his or her attorney’s fees paid.

Umm, no – but as a plaintiff’s oriented lawyer, I wish it were an “entitlement”.

The remedial provision in question is 42 USC 1988(b) and it reads: “…the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs…” “Discretion” & “may” and “reasonable” do NOT equated to “entitle[ment] to have his or her attorney’s fees pad.”

]]> By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/comment-page-1/#comment-79781 probligo Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:27:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/30/blurring-church-and-state-by-cutting-off-the/#comment-79781 Justin, just type "exclusive brethren" (including the quotes) into any news search engine running in Australia and NZ and follow... Truly, it is worse than I ever imagined. I thought Bishopness Brian Tamaki and his Destiny Church was the worst that we might have to deal with. What is appearing now is a very distant echo from the isolationist minority religious sect that lived in a fairly remote valley not far away, and who refused the local (government) school permission to teach them reading even, unless it was reading from the Bible. Justin, just type “exclusive brethren” (including the quotes) into any news search engine running in Australia and NZ and follow…

Truly, it is worse than I ever imagined. I thought Bishopness Brian Tamaki and his Destiny Church was the worst that we might have to deal with.

What is appearing now is a very distant echo from the isolationist minority religious sect that lived in a fairly remote valley not far away, and who refused the local (government) school permission to teach them reading even, unless it was reading from the Bible.

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