"Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion."

That quote from Adams could also read, "Nothing is more dreaded than religion meddling with the national government," which is exactly what's happening right now. If the meddlers are successful, then the next step will be what Adams dreaded.

That little coup was accomplished in Rome in the forth century, when the emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. That lent religious dogma the force of secular power, and visa versa. Constantine stated, "Dogma is what I say it is." The State and the approved religion became one, and any lack of faith (the approved faith) became treason. The history of the next many centuries is full of the abuses and atrocities that this brought about.

Humanity has been through this lesson before, but it seems that humanity is comprised of a lot of slow learners.

Don Firth