That makes you the biggest idiot in the world. Swearing an oath on the Christian Bible publicly is about as clear an endorsement of religion there is.

“And name one president who has operated in accordance with what any “good Christian” would recognize as Bibical principles.”

What does that matter? Whether they practice Christianity or not isn’t the issue. Endorsement is. Nice strawman.

“Oh, I’m sure they all give thanks to Jesus. Why don’t you survey every member of Congress and ask them what they pray for during the alloted time? Probably to avoid shooting a friend in the face or getting caught lying and cheating like Rove, DeLay, Libby et al.”

Again irrelevant. Who they pray to, what they pray about, is irrelevant. It is still the goverment PRAYING. Last time I checked that was practicing religion, and they do it on the clock.

“The idea that Christians and their beliefs merit special treatment is indeed in your imagination.”

No, its actually in yours. We don’t ask for special treatment. We ask that morons don’t make up the Constitution as they go along, like people of your ilk seem to do. The government has endorsed religion from day one. You have no evidence to say otherwise.

“You obviously can’t distinguish old, rote tradition”

A tradition that endorses religion. Nice try.

“If you don’t like this, go ahead and find a welcoming Third-World country in which to to set up shop; you’d fit right in.”

And you’d fit right in to communist Russia, where religion was dead.

“Classic. I’m not a “lib”

Sure you are.

“just check the opinion polls, pal”

So that is where you got that advanced education you brag about so much! Polls…

Actually, it is. Consistently and by judges representing the entire range of the political spectrum. Personally I wouldn’t bother with something as trivial as removing a cross from public view, but I’m not the one moaning about it. Deal with it, because this is as good as it’ll ever get for American theocracy proponents.

“Doesn’t every president in our nation’s history publicly swear on the Bible? Isn’t that an endorsement?”

Is it a particular endorsement of your religion? No. And name one president who has operated in accordance with what any “good Christian” would recognize as Bibical principles.

“Doesn’t Congress pray before every session?”

Oh, I’m sure they all give thanks to Jesus. Why don’t you survey every member of Congress and ask them what they pray for during the alloted time? Probably to avoid shooting a friend in the face or getting caught lying and cheating like Rove, DeLay, Libby et al.

“How did those Ten Commandments get there in the courthouse in the first place?”

How? Redneck judges like Roy Moore, who openly say that they couldn’t care less what the Constitution says because, they claim, Bibical laws trump actuial laws. Just the sort of mentality America needs in positions of authority.

“Why does all of our money say “In God We Trust”? I guess that’s all in our imagination. You’re right, our history shows no sign of goverment endorsed religion.”

The idea that Christians and their beliefs merit special treatment is indeed in your imagination. You obviously can’t distinguish old, rote tradition (a throwaway phrase on a dollar bill is about as secular a religious reference as you’ll find) from a hunger within the government for specifically embracing Jesus. If the latter were in effect, SCOTUS decisions would reflect as much. Yet for some crazy reason, American courts have for decades ruled in such a way as to preserve church-state separation. You bellyache hollowly about “activist judges,” but cretins who belong in a bygone century like Moore are the biggest robed activists of all. If you don’t like this, go ahead and find a welcoming Third-World country in which to to set up shop; you’d fit right in.

“…you libs just stick your fingers in your ears every time your educated about it.”

Classic. I’m not a “lib” (you wouldn’t believe it, but it’s possible to be a social conservative and reject the godly crap that’s been splattered all over the political landscape lately; just check the opinion polls, pal) but that’s beside the point. Want me to point out the irony in your statement up there, or should I wait to see if you finally pass the fourth grade this year before passing judgment?

Why don’t you ask the ACLU that? They’re the ones that had it removed [edited].

“Sorry, but your history is neither mine nor America’s as a whole,”

Yes, it is, you libs just stick your fingers in your ears every time you’re educated about it. Doesn’t every president in our nation’s history publicly swear on the Bible? Isn’t that an endorsement? Doesn’t Congress pray before every session? How did those Ten Commandments get there in the courthouse in the first place? Why does all of our money say “In God We Trust”? I guess that’s all in our imagination. You’re right, our history shows no sign of goverment endorsed religion.

“Some of you act as though you think that church-state separation in no way benefits or protect religious persons and organizations.”

Like attacking the Boy Scouts because they discriminate against atheists and queers?

“That said, I love how WingNut Daily slips in the phrase “so-called separation of church and state” as if this is a fanciful concept rather than an established one carrying the weight of countless rulings by conservative and liberal judges alike.”

Once again, you quack job libs need to get this through mush brains: the Framers of the Constitution, (you know the guys who actually wrote the establishment clause)saw fit to put most of these practices the ACLU finds so horrifying into play. Obviously the establishment clause is not interpreted the way you want it to be. There is nothing unConstitutional about the cross being put anywhere. Go back to your own crap blog with your one viewer and let the grown ups talk.

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