“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.“—James Madison
I’ve mentioned before that I’m very much in favor of the continued seperation of church and state for obvious reasons. Every so often I’m called to task for taking offense at things such as the phrase “In God We Trust” on our money or the posting of the Ten Commandments in court houses or the dozens of other little annoying ways the Christian Right have managed to wiggle their message into the day to day operations of the Federal Government. I am often asked “What harm does it do?“ My explanation is never quite as well worded as the one that Keith Taylor recently had published by the L.A. Times.
Posted on 11/30/2004 at 08:09 PM 
Les -
Enjoyed your comments on the “Seperation of Church and State”. It seems that Christian Fundamentalists haven’t actually read anything our founding fathers wrote on the subject before they open their mouths about it.
Isn’t it enlightening that when confronted with intelligently-defended opposing views they resort to their old mantra “You’re gonna Burn in Hell !“
For people who are supposed to “turn the other cheek” when struck - they instead slap back.
So much for “Christan Tolerance” !