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Ok, let's try one more time. Separation of Church and state is a method (not the only one but a legitimate one) to enforce the 1st amendment. If it is coming into tension with the 1st amendment then it's worthless as an enforcement mechanism and there's something else sneaking in under false colors...

I do hope that you realize that the seperation of Church and State is a method of managing the tension between two clauses of the 1st amendment (the free exercise clause and the no established religion clause). It is not the only method possible and the doctrine does not rise to the level of defere...

By sustainable I meant how long do you think that low fecundity religious minorities can strike out at higher reproduction rate majorities without serious backlash ensuing to put an end to it. Is this something that is sustainable indefinitely or do you recognize that there will be consequences eve...

The basic problem here is backlash. Christians in general have shoved their view of how everyone should live down our throats for so long that now that we can do something about it, some think we should at every turn. The problem is the opposition have spawned its own fanatics. Years of fighting th...

The crusades? Granted that the Crusades were a horribly bad thing... It isn't quite fair to talk about them in a vacuum, wrenched from their historical context. Which is a reaction to 400 years of Jihad. What jihad, the Turks were conquering muslim and christian territory alike. Tales of massecres ...

The basic problem here is backlash. Christians in general have shoved their view of how everyone should live down our throats for so long that now that we can do something about it, some think we should at every turn. The problem is the opposition have spawned its own fanatics. Years of fighting the...