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Originally posted by 914GT
Separation of church and state is a myth. Go read the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
Get that last part? The states, local schools, etc. can do what the people want. The federal government should have no involvement in matters of local government and local school districts. It's only Congress that cannot make laws establishing or prohibiting religion. If anything, your statement actually violates the first amendment. You want Congress to pass laws preventing the free exercise of religion.
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You are getting mixed up. I said seperation of church and state. Not religion and state. There should NOT be a federal church, and the federal government, should not be run by the church.
I am not saying that an elected official should completey neglect any beleif he has so as to "seperate" his relgion from running the state, far far from it. I am saying that the government should not run the church, and the church should not run the government. Look at what happened with Catholicism.