Church and State
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries. – James Madison
Erecting the ‘wall of separation between church and state’… is absolutely essential in a free society. – Thomas Jefferson
Every school child learns that the United States was founded on the fundamental proposition that government must not impose religion on the American people, though this does not deter fanatics from passing laws that fly in the teeth of this guiding principle.
Now we learn that Louisiana, among the most backwards states in the union, is likely to require the 10 Commandments be displayed in all public school and university classrooms.
Contrary to a regrettably widespread misperception, the United States of America is not a Christian country.
It is a country in which one is permitted to be Christian.
Religious freedom is the ability to practice one’s own faith, not the ability to force others to practice it.
Any other path for a free nation is both tyranny and folly.