Quote Originally Posted by malfeas99
Or you could go with what Jefferson wrote:

I contemplate with solemn reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church and State

Or, you know, the first amendment.

Do you people really want religion (which, by it's nature, is completely irrational) meddling in politics?
The separation of church and state has been debated since it's inception more than 200 years ago. The contention has always been the same, "what'd they mean when they wrote that". The left says one thing and the right says another. Personally, I've seen far more quotes from the authors of the Constitution itself where it is clear they were not trying to be so literal about it.

The "chuch" of England, where our founding fathers came from, controlled everything. Not only religion, but also taxes, laws, gov't, everything went thru the "church". This is one of the reasons people migrated to the "new world" in the first place, to find their own freedom. This is the basis of the rationale for them wanting a "separation" of church and state.

I don't have issue with keeping them apart. My personal issue is with all the freaking ultra liberals that have taken everything 15 steps further and are removing plaques, words from the pledge, subjects out of books, books, etc. all in the NAME OF separation of church and state. It's not that religion is being taught in a public school setting. It's that a WORD or a PICTURE offends some wussified liberal and they invoke the good ole church and state crap. THAT to me is another example of how political correctness is ruining this country by taking the backbone out of people.

You know what? There are far more offending words and subjects being taught as part of the public school system's curriculum than if the WORD G-O-D appears in the pledge of alligiance. I don't see what the big deal is. You don't want to SAY the word G-O-D in school, then have at it and don't utter it EVER. What's the big deal?

People need to grow up and get a backbone. All the ultra liberal wussified pansies now want everything THEIR way, THEY are smarter than everybody, THEY know what's good for EVERYbody. Kids learn far more dangerous things and much much worse things in public schools than the WORD G-O-D. Instead of spending so much time worrying about their child SAYING the word G-O-D at school, they need to worry about that child learning how to do drugs, have unprotected sex, and even get shot at that same school now-a-days. Get a life already.