You don't have to know any murders to be one either. You values are not based on who you know but rather on your actions and beliefs. Next, your historical references are a few generations out of date. Lastly, I will fight for your rights to achieve your dreams. If I could help you achieve the one you expressed above, I would gladly do it (might consider taking some of your friends with you just so you will have some company).

Amen, brother!!!!

Why do we always ascribe nefarious motives to actions we don't agree with? They may be meeting at the flag pole because it is a convenient place to meet as they get to school. It may also be symbolic of their love of country hand in hand with their love of God.
As for Jefferson's opinion, they did not all agree on everything when writing the constitution. If they had all agreed with him it would have been so presented in the document. Let's not try to add something that is not there.

The real problem in religion today is that we have "something-for-nothing" religion lead by the "faith only" doctrine. Nobody is required to make any commitment to anything to "be saved". We need to be reminded that the devils and demons knew who and what Christ was but it didn't save them. Like in any other situation talk is cheap and it is even cheaper when the talker hasn't studied enough to have any idea what they are talking about. Like Paul told Timothy, "Study to show yourself approved..." Those teaching this doctrine will answer for the soles they lead astray.
If you showed your spouse the same love and attention that you give to Christ and His church, how long would you stay married?
Now tie this back to my original premise about politics. It is easy to see why those believing that God will give them eternal salvation for no effort on their part will expect the government to support them the same way. I suggest reading 2 Thessalonians 3; 10 - 12.

What was right has always been right and wrong has always been wrong. What changed was how God communicated His will to mankind. From A and E to Moses communication was thru the patriarch of each family. From Moses to the death of Christ it was thru the Law of Moses. That law was fulfilled by the death, burial and resurrection of Christ and we now live in the Christian era where God communicated with us thru the scriptures (New Testament).For a better understanding of this I suggest you read my book. Check out my profile here.

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For Brian You might be better off if you worried about God first and the constitution second.

My computer did that!!LOL It's ok though, we have a lot of the good ones of those also.

I am a writer, not a speller but thanks for the point. I had that same problem all the way thru my book. You would think that as many times as I had to go back and correct it I would have learned. LOL

The present mess that we find our country in is directly linked to our loss of the principals that the nation was established and built on. It's not that God is punishing us but rather that we treat each other differently. When we replace love with hate, generosity with selfishness, and turn our backs on the basic social building block - the family - it should be no surprise that we will descend into anarchy. Our nation was built on freedom "of" religion, not freedom "from" religion. If we want to correct our problems we must return to our roots.