But what's the difference, Bill? Weekdays after gods and years after Christ - seems to put them on more-or-less equal footing.

Maybe it's best to say that both are part of our tradition, though possibly not now part of our faith - and then not worry about it.

Same with "negro" spirituals and Stephen Foster songs and so many other things that are not "correct" thinking any more - why purge the past?

But keep your commandments out of our courtrooms and your prayers out of our schools, please - that's where I draw the line.

"In God We Trust"? I suppose I could go either way on that, although I tend to think we'd be better off not displaying it in government buildings or on government-issued coins. I keep thinking it's a fundamentalist God they're talking about, a God who wouldn't vote Democratic.

-Joe-