Re: SOT: Critical Thinking

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:44:32 -0400, "Jr@Ease"
<do.not.send.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary (actually, it was on Thu, 06 Jul 2006

But it doesn't matter what you call it, it's still unconstitutional.

(and please don't take this wrong, but the people here who differ
with this, or at least think it's much ado about nothing, are from
Australia and Canada)

John P

Yes, and in Australia all amendments to the Constitution must be put
to a public referendum with all adult citizens required to vote. It
must get a majority of votes in the country as a whole, and a majority
in 4 out of the 6 states.

There was a proposal to amend the Constitution to include freedom of
religion. IIRC, it was in 1989 and was defeated in every state. As I
remember, one of the arguments against it was the way US courts
handled your amendment.

You and Jane are doing a good job of convincing me that we should not
have anything corresponding to the first amendment in our
Constitution.

Mique may remember the referendum better. We do not have a bill of
rights and there were 4 amendments submitted. All 4 lost.
--
John Oliver
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