The Revealer on how Hamas is a faith-based initiative. Do people really not see Bush’s plan as being flawed Constitutionally, and in terms of building an American ideal, where everyone is thankful to America, not to the group around the corner?
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Social Justice is generally liberalese for socialISM. There is nothing unconstitutional about Bush’s plan. I defy YOU to cite text of the US Constitution that supports you inane, contrafactual claim.
I’ll give you $5000 if you can show me where in the Constitution exists the misused phrase “separation of church and state”