My LTTE about loon accusing Pres. Obama of not respecting religious tradition of our nation...

[JDPriestly]

36. Yes.

There were two court systems in England. What we would call civil law applied the common law. There was also a system of ecclesiastical law or courts of equity. Certain matters in US law are decided in equity -- such as ordering people to do or not do things. If you get an injunction, you are probably petitioning the court in equity.

People who are interested can look this up. It's fascinating. But we, of course, do not have priests or pastors sitting on the benches of our courtrooms. We could not do that because we have so many different religions. And believe me, if you put the churches in charge of the judicial system, we would have big, big trouble in no time.

In fact, our courts will not decide religious questions. If people in your church disagree about some interpretation of the Bible, you cannot go to a state or federal court to get a decision as to who is right. A judge may be a religious person and may pray in his chambers before he signs a decision, but the judge will not require the parties in the courtroom to pray before he hands down his decision.

For me, that proves the fact that we are a nation of people of many faiths and no faith at all. We do not have ecclesiastical or sharia law. Thank God.