[PhilipFreneau]

>> What those of us who believe in separation are saying is that since public schools subsist on tax dollars and can in many cases compel attendance, they must be considered an agency of the government and therefore must not show religious preference.

I doubt I will ever understand liberterians. But I do know that removal of prayer in public school, and removal of all referenced to God in public places, was never the intent of the Founding Fathers, nor the intent of those who ratified the 14th Amendment. From what you said, it appears liberterians support usurpation. I do not.

[E Rocc]

I doubt I will ever understand liberterians. But I do know that removal of prayer in public school, and removal of all referenced to God in public places, was never the intent of the Founding Fathers, nor the intent of those who ratified the 14th Amendment.

You are reviving a red herring embraced by the anti-Separationists. No one is saying that all references to God must be removed from all "public places". Only that governmental entities may not show religious preference, giving one sect or group of sects privileges not granted to all.

-Eric