Separation of Church & State vol. 1

The United States is slowly moving away from the basic foundation of the Constitution. More and more our political leaders in both the Federal and State Governments are using their positions as leaders in Civil Government as crusades based on their religious moral and values. The separation of Church and State is beginning to disappear. Many Democrats/Independents and members of Minority groups are fighting but the fight is getting harder and harder. Unfortunately this wave of government decisions based on religious beliefs or teachings has slowly trickled into education. I can’t remember any time in school where the teacher made it clear that Religion and Government are two separate things. The topic may even taboo today.

For the last 7 years I have thrown myself from wall to wall trying to understand how we’ve peddled this far backwards and how are we going to get back on track. I am reading more and more about this on the net and find myself searching for the points of view of our founding fathers and pioneers. I plan to write more on this subject and to find quotes……

James Madison “President of the United States” “Father of the Constitution”
Annals of Congress, Saturday, August 15th, 1789
Summary of the First Amendment

“Congress should not establish a religion and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any manner contary to their conscience, or that one sect might obtain a pre-eminence, or two combined together, and establish a religion to which they would compel others to conform”

thank you Ian D.