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Atheists & Agnostics

DavidDvorkin

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1. That doesn't settle it for anti-separationists

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 12:05 PM

Jan 2012

They dismiss it as "simply politics". I've also seen the claim that, since it's just a treaty, it doesn't mean anything domestically -- even though the Constitution specifies that treaties become part of the basic law of the United States, along with the Constititution itself.

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The Treaty of Tripoli [View all] DetlefK Jan 2012 OP

That doesn't settle it for anti-separationists DavidDvorkin Jan 2012 #1

I've seen people argue those exact points in R/T laconicsax Jan 2012 #2

That's depressing DavidDvorkin Jan 2012 #3

And the revisionism goes deeper.... dmallind Jan 2012 #4

I got another one! onager Jan 2012 #7

It was read in the Chamber of the Senate and signed by all assembed. Rozlee Jan 2012 #5

According to a wikipedia page I read... NeoGreen Jan 2012 #6