Pat Robertson, In His Own Words, on the Courts and Constitution

[HaT223]

Yes i remeber 80's when atheists used to run country and prsident were atheists.

[waluum]

...There is no peace, there never has been, and until God ushers in the end of this millennia-old era there will be no peace. Nevertheless, the closest we can rightfully get to peace is to compromise on liberty - that is, do not seek government leverage of force through law every time you are offended by someone of the opposite viewpoint. The weakest, most immature and childish are those who do.

[waluum]

The funniest thing about this is how liberals are criticizing him for being too subjective and trying to undermine and subvert the law, which is exactly what they themselves do when they push for their own majority and subjective views...

[mjr256]

There's no law in the Constitution that says you can't kill people either. NONE AT ALL!

Pat maybe you should try reading books that don't have the word "Bible" in the title. But I agree that we should follow what the founders had intended. It won't bode well for your position though.

[LarcheOsborne]

Doesn't Pat Robertson have his own law school someplace? If so, he should talk to some of its scholars on the meaning of the 1st and 14th Amendments. I don't think he fully understands the meaning of either one.

[dmp079]

Pat Robertson how about read the first amendment REALLY GOOD before you run your mouth, like you always do.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Seperation of church and state PLAIN and simple!

[Chiangmai007]

@dmp079 The constitution guarantees freedom OF religion--not freedom FROM religion. That is why there have been presidents of different faiths. As long as there is a person alive standing against the wind of liberal hatred and bigotry there will be a left wing weirdo there to claim the hero is an extremist. Its pure projection. The guilt of the left is stacked as high as the body count of Stalin, Hitler, Marx and Minh, but they are not finished yet.

[dmp079]

@Chiangmai007 Opinions are like assholes. Everybody got one.

[Chiangmai007]

Chief Justice Rehnquist: “It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history. The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation [between church and state].The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers.”

[dmp079]

@Chiangmai007 A discent is an opinion. Like I said before everybody got one.

[waltermh111]

I am sure am glad theres no god, so he can pray all he wants and not get all of what he wants.

Still, this guy hasnt read a single founders document and doesnt care about founders intent because then he would know they were for separation of church and state and many, especially our more well known ones, were distrusting and disliking of the organised religions.

[katvilani]

The Bill of Rights enumerates just a few of our individual rights; if the states can disregard the first amendment then they can disregard any individual rights. Freedom of religion is only possible if the government remains neutral on matters of religious belief or non-belief.

[tebinthehouse]

Wow is he stupid.

[whoo689]

How's that "destruction of our society from the courts" working out for ya, Pat? 23 years later, we're still goin strong.

[gldni17]

So, it's bad for the Supreme Court to be mavericks, but it was okay for McCain and Palin?

Also, did he read ANY books on the founding father's deistic beliefs? And did he read any historical information about how FDR failed hard when he tried to get 15 supreme court justices? I'm very certain this man has not, and will never have, a solid view of history.