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To: Ilaine who wrote (59093)	10/14/1999 3:00:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

CB, there is no right in the Constitutional to a "separation of church and state." I have read the Constitution and no such right exists. If you disagree with me, pick up a copy of the Constitution and read it. Only one of us can be correct. The phrase, which you must now agree is absent from the document that guides our country is quoted constantly as if it is the sole and overriding concept upon which America was founded. There is a constant struggle in our society to balance ideas. Freedom of speech has to be weighed against inciting violence. The championing of "separation of church and state" while initiated with good intentions, has now become sinister and has crossed the line to becoming a problem. The problem is that this phrase is now used to prevent almost any religious expression in the public square. Had today's climate of intolerance for ideas derived from religious sources been prevalent in the 1960's, Martin Luther King Jr.s movement would never have descended the steps of the church and made it into the streets of America. Elevating the separation of church and state into immutable dogma is the means by which America is abandoning its cultural foundations. As recently as the 1950's the Supreme Court declared "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being". Ten years later we abandoned that road, when the same court declared it illegal for a prayer to be said in a public school. I could give you a lot more Supreme court decisions that have been overruled or changed. The fact is the interpretation of the Constitution is constantly being argued. If you think it's a done deal for infinity, think again. Michael