LP, I belive you are referring to the “esablisment clause” in the Constitution as not being a required separation of church and state. True, it doesn’t flat-out say that church and state must not mix, but it does clearly state that one religion may not be respected over any others. As a state-run institution, public schools may not have a instructor-lead Christian prayer every morning, at the expense of all other represented faiths.

I only regret that Thomas Jefferson did not write the Consitution, as he did such a fine job of defining separation of church and state in his Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia. You can read his masterpiece here: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7842/rfindex.htm

Actually there is NOT any constitutionally-required separation of church and state. Go ahead and read the Constitution. It isn’t in there. I can tell you where the idea came from if you’re interested.

Anyway, have you seen all the cases of teachers having a Bible in school, or wearing a cross, or engaging in any conversation of religious content, etc, and getting in trouble for such heinous actions?

I may not be any tremendous fan of religion anymore, but I can still acknowledge that there are times when state or governmental appendages are unnecessarily hostile, or at least paranoid.

*Yeah, I know. Folks will think I’ve been reading conservative, Christian propaganda under my bed covers at night now.*

As a cat person, how can you deny design?

Thanks for introducing more humor to the thread.

P.S. Leo Pardus is the old taxonomy designation for the leopard. And I prefer the subvariety melanotica.
Felis catus is the new taxonomy for the common house cat. In this new silliness, they want to call leopards Pathera pardus. Hmf! As if they think I want to be a panther. Leopardus are much sneakier. And how dumb is it to call a housecat Felis catus??? It sounds like something off the Coyote/Roadrunner show. Poor Linnaeus must be spinning in his tomb.

Also Sweden where bestiality has become a problem since the secularization of that nation.

I wasn’t even thinking of Ireland. I have MAJOR disagreements with Catholic theology, but I must say Benedict XVI is doing a magnificent job resisting secular bullying. He is a man of integrity and wisdom – much more so than his predecessor. He does not bow the knee to Baal.