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[quote=Anonymous]It is a shame that this has to be repeated so often:  "separation of church and state" appears nowhere in our Constitution, folks.  What our Constitution says is that the government cannot establish a state religion (or favor a particular religion, as the Court has interpreted it) and it cannot prohibit You from practicing your religion.  Obviously this is a simplistic summary of First Amendment law, but that's the gist.  The idea that faith has no place in the public forum or, conversely, that "public" issues are separable from faith is simply not part of our history.  The phrase "separation of church and state" comes from a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote and is a shorthand for this principle of non-interference that the Court sometimes uses.
     If you are getting too heavy a dose of politics from the pulpit for your tastes, OP, there are plenty of other churches.  But I don't see how people can say there is anything inherently wrong with what you say is happening.  And BTW, anyone who thinks tax-exempt and government supported institutions never express opinions on matters of public concern (think universities and public radio) is living in la-la land!   [/quote]

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