Colonel_Reb said:
The seperation of church and states only means that the United States cannot create a national church, like the Chuch of England. It does not mean take God or "Christian principles" out of everything.
Read the federalist papers, especially Jefferson. There is seperation of church and state because ultimately the church will legislate morality (as it had always done) and freedom would dissappear. This country was founded on the concept of FREEDOM. Telling other people how to live thier lives with the law, based on christian principle is anathema to freedom of religion. What about athiests, muslims, buddhists living here? Do they lose thier right to thier beliefs because we are "a christian nation" and its our laws?
... no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Let the people decide, take the federal government out of peoples business. It has no authority to do these things anyway.