[Conservative Me]

They're not, even though that is how you see this. They have never said God did not exist (any God/god).

[risk]

I think it amazes some people that nonbelievers can be patriotic.

[rottweiller_inc]

The great thing about the form of government set up under the consistution is that it would allow states to operate with freedom. One state could favor the earth goddess if enough people agreed to it. Another state could be mormon, another atheist. This was left up to the states outside of federal control. What we have now is most power concentrated in the federal government and when that happens it starts to dictate things that were originally left up to the states. It was supposed to a great experiment because the states were free to try different things and the other states could learn from what happens in that microcosm and apply the lessons learned. When there's one big overseer there's no chance for that to work.

[4mycountry]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

Does this mean that Congress, the people we have elected, should never make a law that supports the establishment of a religion or one that forbids someone from practicing their religion?

What law has Congressed passed? When was it proposed? By who? When was it debated?

So many times I feel like we debate the rigging of sails while the deck burns beneath our feet.

We say we want a Con-sti-tution, wellell you know........ it was written long ago.....