[Sailor Steve]

I pretty much agree with Aramike, with the caveat that since the Civil War the Constitution has more and more been interpreted as applying to all lower government institutions. I'm not sure whether I like that or not, but in this case I think that government, any government, interference with religion is a bad thing, and vice versa.

I like to ask people like Haplo the opposite question: Okay, let's assume that you are right and there is absolutely no separation of Church and State (a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson, who dislike the Constitution, but cheerfully adopted by his friend James Madison, the "Father of The Constitution"). What does that mean to you? What changes do you want to make? I hear people on that side of the argument say the words "No Separation!", but I never hear where they want that to lead.