[DocRock]

"Does it still carry the force of law? Was it ratified by the States? No, and no. Only the Constitution was, and it superceded all previous documents. And it specifically proscribes the establishment of a "state religion"."

This nation was founded by Christians seeking to establish a Christian nation. These are stubborn facts. As they had just left a church/state, they definitely weren't going to set up such a government here. They intended to create an government which would allow religion to prosper, unhampered by government intervention.

[Long Cut]

" This nation was founded by Christians seeking to establish a Christian nation. These are stubborn facts."

So is the fact that the United States of America (that is, this nation) was founded on July 4th, 1776, not 1620, and it ratified its Constitution and Bill of Rights in 1789. And NOWHERE in either the Declaration of Independance or that Constitution is it proclaimed to be a "Christian Nation".

Sorry, the Pilgrims almost two centuries earlier, who founded a colony for England, don't count here.

You indeed cite facts; just not relevant ones.

[Modernman]

intended to create an government which would allow religion to prosper, unhampered by government intervention.

You know, considering the smashing job government has done with other social issues such as poverty, vice and the family, you'd think that religious people would run screaming from any suggestion that the government get involved, in any way, with religion.