Well where the heck have I been anyway?

Congratulations Kat for a great thread and to everyone else for a polite but diverse discussion.

Believe it or not I have very little to add.

I'll be brief:

I've seen the comments here on the Constitutional controls on the "Separation of Church and State". The Constitution limits the power of the federal government only, not the various "2000" religions. The establishment clause refers to the "Church of England" type of entity.

I believe there IS NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!

Each school's control SHOULD be limited to the town or community in which it sits and have no mandates placed on it by the central government. Each individual school should have alswys had the right to make their own decisions

I'm fairly inactive but was raised a Lutheran, Mousetheif, glad to hear the news.

Little Hawk, I also appreciate the various diversity of Native American religious practices and that they largely assumed that others (from other areas)had their own personal form of spirituality and had no interest in converting them.

It's tragic that there is a very long history of conflict between groups for no other reason than religious persecution.

That is one reason why the original settlers came to America's shores.

THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED BY RELIGIOUS NUTS WITH GUNS!!!

One final point.....The American Nazis and Klan are authoritarian murdering thugs and have no interest in freedom and equal individual rights. We as Constitutional conservatives reject and disavow them. They are not legitimate.

They deserve our ridicule, scrutiny and heckling as the hateful and violent criminals they are.

Good job folks!

mav out