Poodleshooter
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One point that those who oppose "religion in government" might consider: If religion took the proper place in society that it once had, we wouldn't have the perceived need for the bloated government run welfare and unemployment systems that we currently have. In prior times these were handled to an extent by the church-privately. Movement away from organized religion and the constructs that once held "traditional" families together has eliminated the traditional social "safety net" that families provided. That has been replaced by the embracing arms of socialism (gag).
I think that this idea is the focus behind GWB's "faith based initiatives", not some mass conversion of the nations atheistic free thinkers into strict protestants.
BTW, 10 points to the first guy or gal to find the words "seperation of church and state" in the Constitution. BTW,no cheating and reading Jefferson's letters to the danbury baptists regarding the government holding Protestant denominational preferences .
I think that this idea is the focus behind GWB's "faith based initiatives", not some mass conversion of the nations atheistic free thinkers into strict protestants.
BTW, 10 points to the first guy or gal to find the words "seperation of church and state" in the Constitution. BTW,no cheating and reading Jefferson's letters to the danbury baptists regarding the government holding Protestant denominational preferences .