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Meaning of the Word "An"Words can mean different things to different people. Take
the word "is", for example. A recent former President used the word
in the context of "is not", and the word "alone" may have meant
"not alone" for anyone taking the reasonable position that no one is ever
alone in this great big World. The word "an" appears in the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution, and it means different things to different people. A Sacramento man suing a school for forcing his young daughter to know that her classmates are willingly citing the ugly word "God", decided that "an" means "", or nothing, and the federal 9th Circuit Court decided he was right. The court decision hinged on Whether the term "an establishment of religion" means the establishment of a religion or simply religion; that is, an establishment of the concept of God as opposed to the "no god" that the father of the little girl had chosen to worship. The father believed that the values of the religious were a corrupting influence on his little girl, and he desired that the other children cease their practice of openly displaying a belief in God, for the benefit of his daughter. God is essential to all religions as was defined in year 1791 and by the current Court, so "an establishment of religion" must mean the same thing as "an acknowledging of God" for him to have prevailed in the court system. A problem is, an establishment of religion seems to indicate a particular religion, not an establishing of the concept of God, but if "an" were either dropped or changed to "the", he might have a sliver of a ray of hope in a higher court that is otherwise likely to have a different view of the word "an" and reverse his successful lower court judgment. In the end, the former President lost in court and had to pay a fine. The Sacramento man might learn something there. It all hinges on the meaning of the word "justice". -States' Liberty Party, July 5, 2002
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