To: epicure who wrote (72993 ) 8/22/2003 9:27:36 AM From: Neocon Read Replies (1) | Respond to What are you talking about? I said it was an unrealistic aspiration. However, it is an aspiration:Unfortunately, they fail to see the great values which lies in having a "naked public square" - at least, when "naked" refers to a lack of government sponsored displays supporting religion and religious beliefs. Many believers see religion as something which unites, but at best it only unites people with the same beliefs - and the more people examine their beliefs, the more they find to disagree about. In the end, religion does quite a lot to divide and separate people; this is a primary reason why religion was removed from the authority of our government. So long as the government does not involve itself with religious matters, it is harder for the public to become politically divided on religious questions. As conservative columnist Paul Greenberg has written:
