<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> The sanctity of human life, from = the unborn to the very, very old; i.e. anti-abortion; = anti-euthanasia<o:p></o:p> Marriage being between one man and = one woman<o:p></o:p> Freedom of religion for all; not = freedom from religion demanded by a few*<o:p></o:p> Less government intrusion into our = lives<o:p></o:p> The freedom to make something of = one’s self<o:p></o:p> Just to name a = few….<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> *the only time Thomas Jefferson = mentioned a “wall of separation between church and state” was in an = obscure letter to a Baptist pastor in New England who had written Jefferson with = concerns that the new government would set up a church-state relationship like it was = in England and Europe at that time where one religious entity (Catholicism; = Anglicanism; Lutheranism; Calvinism, etc.) would be established and ALL of the = citizens would not only pay taxes to the federal government, but also to the = religious entity.  This type of association between the established religious entities and the state governments had been prevalent for over a = thousand years, in regards to Catholicism; and for hundreds of years as far as = those religious entities that came out of the Protestant Reformation, and was, = quite literally all the vast majority of English and European people knew and understood.  <st1:place w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:place> wanted to = assure his pastor friend that this type of wedding between the federal government = and a religious entity, which was the prevalent thought of the day, would not = be permitted under this radically new form of government called a = “democracy.”   <st1:place w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:place> would have been = appalled at the notion that there is not “Supreme Being” or = “Creator” of the universe and those who want to freely worship Him should have the = right to do so.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Elwood Doss</st1:PersonName>, Jr. M.M.E.; = RPT<o:p></o:p> Piano Technician/Technical = Director<o:p></o:p> Department of = Music<o:p></o:p> 145 Fine Arts = Building<o:p></o:p> The <st1:place = w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at Martin<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Martin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TN</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode = w:st="on">38238</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> 731/881-1852<o:p></o:p= > </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: Piannaman@aol.com [mailto:Piannaman@aol.com] Sent: Monday, November = 08, 2004 1:20 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Who REALLY = won the election ???? ( OT)<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> In a message dated 11/7/04 = 11:14:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, LarryinAtlanta@aol.com writes: <o:p></o:p> You no longer = represent what Americans consider American values. <o:p></o:p></spa= n> Could you list these for me please?  Thanks. Dave Stahl <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>