Martin Hyde, excellent post. Very informative and correct. Especially the part about the profound stupidity of ElvisL1ives. That cannot be overstated.
It would be interesting to see what the proposed language was that was discarded. Also, an interesting debate would be: to what degree, generally, can we look back at congressional minutes and suss out meaning by the phrasings that were discarded?
Again, well done.
Consider the source. 
Had you bothered to think instead of just spewing a knee-jerk reaction, you would have seen that I was agreeing with the OP. My opinions are always worth expressing.
For example, I have seen a UFO. Have you?
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves, don’t they?
Well, yeah, I don’t deny there are people who say that. Watching them try to explain the First Amendment is really fun.
So, in your world, the first chapter of Genesis, less than a page long, is more valid than The Origin of Species at 540 pages long.
I thought about responding to ElvisL1ves’s comment, but I figured that, under the circumstances, the best explanation of what was wrong with it was no explanation. 
You’re an ass.
That’s even shorter. 
Cite?
You just disproved your own theory, genius. :smack:
According to ElvisL1ves’ rule, the best explanation of anything is “no u”.
Regards,
Shodan
No, it’s “Regards”.
these thinks don’t belong here on native american lands. i don’t care where everyone else came from, you should feel priviledged that you get an opportunity to learn about native people instead of shoving them aside like they don’t exist. like what they believe or their way of life. we don’t care about your history or your problems between other nations, how rude,. its like your minding your business sitting on a park bench and two people come up sit beside you and start arguing about all their problems. uh, like “im here”.???wtf@#* just like the race issue between blacks and white or whomever, uh your origins are across the globe, so take your conflicts somewhere else.
Just quoted these because I can’t stop chuckling.
I agree. Because clearly, he does know what he wants but doesn’t know how to get it.
That’s not a compromise; this is a compromise:
We establish a state religion, but it’s illegal to practice it.