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Tenspace wrote
I'd say they were trying to avoid being cast as a theocracy. Thoughts?
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I agree with this 100%. The founders knew there could never be a free country if the church and state were not seperated.
However, that does not change the fact that many of the framers of the Constitution were Christians, and that many of the ideals and laws therein stemmed directly from the Christian view of right and wrong. It is my firm belief that this cannot be ignored, but I do not think it would be beneficial for anyone to have any one religion officially supported by the government.
And I realize that the comment about prayer in Schools was an exaggeration, but that could never happen in our society today. Even if Bush pushed for it, the other branches of government wouldn't go for it.