[Dr. Frank fan]

An even longer American tradition is that there is no mention of God in the Constitution.

There is no mention of apples or roller skating in the Constitution either. I guess the government is therefore free to prohibit those as well.

What a dumb argument. And how pathetic it is that Hentoff constructed a whole column around it.

For one thing, the above quoted sentence is in violation of the Ninth Amendment.

[rwfromkansas]

Hentoff sometimes is a good guy. But I have to say, on the church/state issue, I don't know whether to cry or gag at his utter stupidity.