Time for Dems to Fight/Frame Church and State! Example:

Galen McKinley of Joplin (Globe, Dec. 12) expressed concern that the Pledge Protection Act would conflict with our government’s separation of powers by limiting the jurisdiction of federal courts to review specific types of cases. Rather than having a healthy debate about this, some local online readers attacked Galen (and liberals in general) for trying to “force the word God‚ from everything in this country.”

Not only does that not relate at all to what Galen was saying, it distorts a position that Galen did not even express. Civil libertarians who support a strong separation of church and state do not generally oppose religion or prayer; they oppose the government’s involvement in them.

We would much prefer that people insert “under God” in anything they like and the government not compel teachers to recite what they have chosen to make religious with the force of law. Religion will always be more vibrant when the government leaves its vitality to the people.

Seth Jackson
Lamar

http://www.joplinglobe.com/story.php?story_id=215572&c=96

Notice the reaction from conservatives in the comments section.

"Religion will always be more vibrant when the government leaves its vitality to the people."

Isn't the church/state argument more about the ChristoTaliban trying to force THEIR version of "God" on all Christians? As long as they can smoke and mirror this alleged secular persecution, they don't have to fight each other on whose version of God is the right one.