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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (705745)	10/5/2005 9:35:20 AM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"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, 1803. James Madison was not talking about a wall between church and state, he was not referring to violating the first amendment by disallowing prayer in schools, etc. He was taking about establishment of a state religion as England had, thus taxing non church believers for the Church of England, persecution of non member's, etc. The fact that this government did not have an established religion was all the separation they wanted. They did not mean a government devoid of all references to any religion.