Very true, the words “separation of church and state” are not found in our constitution. And is it not ironic that the church is found in nearly every signer of the constitution. Almost every signer was a church member, and was a founder of the American Bible Society.
Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) was one of the yougest signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He held the first chemistry professorship in America. He published the first Americian chemistry textbook. He was apponinted by President John Adams as the Treasurer of the United States mint in 1797, which he held until 1813.
Dr. Rush wrote, “I believe no man was ever instructed in the truths of the Bible without having been made wiser or better by the early operations upon his mind.”
He also wrote “Why the Bible should be taught in our public schools.” And he also warned what the results would be if we neglected to teach the Holy Scriptures. He stated, “The sciences have been compared to a circle, of which religion composes a part. To understand any one of them perfectly, it is necessary to have some knowledge of them aa. Bacon, Boyle, and Newton included the Scriptures in the inquiries to which their universal geniuses disposed them, and their philosophy was aided by their knowledge in them.
My summation: “I believe the truth, both of science and the Bible are not in conflict, but in harmony. Truth science will never dimenish our faith, but will confirm it.”
Most of the Founding Fathers were Deists, not Christian fundamentalists.
The Bill of Rights does contain the Establishment clause and, even though the words “separation of CHurch and State” are not specifically there, the meaning is clear that the government cannot favor any religion. It’s part of the freedoms this great nation embraces and why many people first settled here.
Burning a cross onto a student’s arm is both child abuse and a blatant invocation of religion. We don’t need teachers branding kids with their religious symbols. THe guy needs to be fired and thrown in jail. The parents should get a good chunk of his assets. And just because some petty school board member wants government endorsement of religion does not make it right, not is it going to happen. She’ needs to leave office.