DCR did NOT write that.
mxh wrote that.
"arachnid" <none@goawayspammers.com> wrote in message
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| On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:14:36 -0500, mxh wrote:
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| > "A very important concept. Unfortunately, it is widely misinterpreted
| > these days, as you have just demonstrated. The framers of the constituion
| > institued 'separation of church and state' to protect the church, NOT the
| > state."
|
| No, they instituted separation of church and state to protect the
| union and the people from a dangerous merging of religion and government.
| State-sponsored persecutions and religious wars had long been commonplace
| under the church-dominated governments of Europe. There were strong
| religious differences even among the 13 Colonies and it was feared that
| allowing each to introduce their particular religion into government, even
| just locally, would inevitably lead to divisive religious wars between the
| states that would fracture the union and, just incidentally, also get a
| whole lot of good people killed.
|