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The Plain Message Conveyed By The New Administration Is That George W Bush's America Is A Christian Nation, And That Non-christians Are Welcome Into The Tent So Long As They Agree To Accept Their Status As A Tolerated Minority Rather Than As Fully Equal Citizens. In Effect, Bush Is Saying: "this Is Our Home, And In Our Home We Pray To Jesus As Our Savior. If You Want To Be A Guest In Our Home, You Must Accept The Way We Pray."

But The United States Is Neither A Christian Nation Nor The Exclusive Home Of Any Particular Religious Group. Non-christians Are Not Guests. We Are As Much Hosts As Any Mayflower-descendant Protestant. It Is Our Home As Well As Theirs. And In A Home With So Many Owners, There Can Be No Official Sectarian Prayer. That Is What The First Amendment Is All About, And The First Act By The New Administration Was In Defiance Of Our Constitution.

When You Discriminate Against Anyone, You Discriminate Against Everyone. It's A Display Of Terrible Intolerance.

I'm Not A Single-issue Person, But I Spend So Much Time On Israel Because It Is So Unfairly Condemned Around The World.

Law Is An Imperfect Profession In Which Success Can Rarely Be Achieved Without Some Sacrifice Of Principle. Thus All Practicing Lawyers -- And Most Others In The Profession -- Will Necessarily Be Imperfect, Especially In The Eyes Of Young Idealists. There Is No Perfect Justice, Just As There Is No Absolute In Ethics. But There Is Perfect Injustice, And We Know It When We See It.