It also came from American experiences like the Salem Witch Trials. At 04:21 PM 1/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Not even close. The doctrine of separation of church and state springs >from the desire of the framers of the constitution to avoid the problems >that occurred in England with the protestant/catholic battles waged by the >monarchy starting with Henry the VII. > >The Baptist church was strongly in support of this doctrine, as were most >of the non-Catholic denominations. > >Most of the current vocal opponents of separation don't want religion in >schools, they want Christianity in schools. They want Christian >prayer. Allow all religions to pray in school and see how loudly they >scream when the little wiccan kids start dancing around the maypole, and >the Muslims kneel in the hall to pray toward Mecca. > >For an anaylis of this, including copies of the discussions and debates of >the framers, go here: >http://members.tripod.com/~candst/toc.htm > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
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