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 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010 6:08 pm |
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WATCHMEN U.S. law is not Christian in orgin "Is not the Bible basically the foundation of our legal system...?"asked a Tuesday letter writer. Absolutely not, according to Thomas Jefferson, a principal author of the Declaration of Independence, in his letter to Thomas Cooper, 1814. U.S. law is founded upon British common law. But the common law is older than Christianity in Britain. "Here, then, was a space of two hundred years, during which the common law was in existence, and Christianity no part of it," wrote Jefferson. He wrote much more on this subject, including his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association of Connecticut, wherein Jefferson describes the First Amendment as "thus building a wall of separation between church and state." David Daye Langley |
- A revolutionary 747
- Fire breaks out at Everett car dealer
- Everett rethinks boutique wineries
- A tidy lawn could be law in Lynnwood
- Snohomish County's bargain housing won't last
- Boeing's 747-8 takes off after weather delay
- Plan for I-5 closures this week
- A new bowling alley for Monroe?
- Lake Stevens man homeless after fire
- I-5 bridge joint may give you a jolt, but it isn't damaged
- Vote on school levies by Tuesday
(11) - A tidy lawn could be law in Lynnwood (10)
- Lynnwood sets height limit on grass: 8 inches (5)
- Everett police officers cleared in 2008 shooting death (5)
- 1949 travel aid shows how few places blacks were welcome in Washington (4)
- I-5 bridge joint may give you a jolt, but it isn't damaged (4)
- Everett rethinks boutique wineries (4)
- County archive software paid for but waiting for set-up (3)
- State Senate votes to toss I-960's tax-raising hurdle (3)
- Three politicians who want Gregoire's job in 2012 (3)
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