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Separation of Church and State is a myth in a democracy...it is a 
contradiction. Why? Well, consider what both the Church and the 
democratic State are. They are not really institutions (though they
tend to manifest themselves as institutions), they are the people.
The essense of the Church is not the buildings, the clergy or the rules,
its the faith and the people who follow it. Likewise, the democratic State 
is no the legislature or the president, but the people who elect them. 
Well, despite the fact that there are many in both the Church and 
State who elect not to participate in the other, there is a great deal 
of overlap - in short, they are the same people, thus there can be no 
separation.

If you are a member of a Church (or other religious body), you have a
responsibility of faith to attempt to practice the moral ideals of
your religion in every aspect of your life. This includes the decisions
you make concerning the State. You have no choice to but to impose
your religious morality on the State.

I believe that the constitutional provisions which have been interpreted
as requiring the separation of Church and State were designed solely to
prevent the Church INSTITUTIONS from becomming State INSTITUTIONS. These
provisions were not, however, meant to prevent those who hold certain
moral views (religiously inspired or otherwise) from imposing those views
on the State.

- Scott
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