"I learned how valuable our Constitution is and how valuable the separation of church and state is."
-- Cynthia Dwyer, American hostage held in Iran 444 days (1979-1981), in a statement, February, 1981, from Albert J Menendez and Edd Doerr, The Great Quotations on Religious Freedom
Yes and those are words to live by!
But, the US Has 'Separation of Church and State'. The US Government does not have any state-sanctioned religion, and the Government is not run by religious leaders.
The leaders may BE religious, and their beliefs may guide their hands, but we also have Congress and the Supreme Court to make sure that's where it stops.
Separation of Church and State is NOT saying, "No Creche Scenes on the Town Common at Christmas."
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