On 11/3/04 4:25 PM, "Claire Hart" <listaddy at hartsites.com> wrote: >> It amazes me that so many Conservatives (not all) forget that we >> left church and state rulership to found a nation predicated on >> SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. Nobody denies anyone's right to their > > Separation of church and state was not part of the foundation of our > nation. Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to a church in January 1802 > with that phrase in it. Rather than go on and on about its history > here, you can check it out on Google. If you want to know what the > convictions of the founding fathers were, I can give you more info > privately. > > Claire > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv I'm well educated in the history of hundreds of years of the disastrous combination of Church and state in human affairs, and am well aware of the separation of church and state motivations in founding this nation. I think you might be well served to do a Google search of "theocratic regimes," and "fascism." Lené