Gotta keep ‘em separated!
A commentator from mysa.com reguritates the usual drivel about the separation of church and state. He states:
The Founding Fathers and the Supreme Court were quite clear that Christianity was the established religion and was to be involved in the government.
Someone should tell Mr. Kaye that the first amendment’s establishment clause does not include the words: except for christianity.
He should also be aware that a number of state constitutions have equal or greater protection for the separation concept. Ironically, Utah contains one of the strongest statements against the joining of church and state as evidenced in the Utah Declaration of Rights:
The rights of conscience shall never be infringed. The State shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office of public trust or for any vote at any election; nor shall any person be incompetent as a witness or juror on account of religious belief or the absence thereof. There shall be no union of Church and State, nor shall any church dominate the State or interfere with its functions. No public money or property shall be appropriated for or applied to any religious worship, exercise or instruction, or for the support of any ecclesiastical establishment.
He should also read some more James Madison, the primary author of the constitution. The Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assesments is particularly enlightening and even predates the constitution.