The following congressmen voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (a.k.a. The Detainee Bill, a.k.a. The Torture Bill, a.k.a. The Death of the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus):
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Today any group of people can get together and vote to take money away from the people who’ve earned it, vote to regulate the lives of other people, vote to tell other people how to live. We have long since torn up the Constitution and every single article in the Bill of Rights.
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So not only do we have our political leaders engaging in unChristian-like behavior, now the church leaders are back in the news. Again, hold them accountable.
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