Bully:
You come so CLOSE to being reasonable sometimes...
But, can you tell me where in the Constitution it is written that there shall be no mention - no expression - of religion at ANY level of government? The answer is "nowhere", my friend.
The only government body thus constrained is the U.S. Congress, which - our founders naively believed - was the only branch of the federal government empowered to write legislation. The purpose of the Establishment Clause was to keep federal government on a short leash, and out of decisions that should be made at the state, community, and - ultimately - the INDIVIDUAL level. That's the whole point of the exercise of self-government.
The Establishment Clause's use as a weapon against religion in public discourse is sheer fantasy. Worse, it is a perversion of the most gross and dangerous kind, of our way of life.
You come so CLOSE to being reasonable sometimes...
But, can you tell me where in the Constitution it is written that there shall be no mention - no expression - of religion at ANY level of government? The answer is "nowhere", my friend.
The only government body thus constrained is the U.S. Congress, which - our founders naively believed - was the only branch of the federal government empowered to write legislation. The purpose of the Establishment Clause was to keep federal government on a short leash, and out of decisions that should be made at the state, community, and - ultimately - the INDIVIDUAL level. That's the whole point of the exercise of self-government.
The Establishment Clause's use as a weapon against religion in public discourse is sheer fantasy. Worse, it is a perversion of the most gross and dangerous kind, of our way of life.