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Well, I think that there are several reasons why our founders felt that a seperation of Church and State was important. I agree with them. First, in today's society the argument surrounds the supression of Church by State rather than seperation. The founders simply meant that there should not be a State sponsored (or required) religeon. The union of Church and State eliminates freedom of religeous choice. This is a dangerous precedent and encourages followers that are not really dedicated to teh Church but rather compelled by the State. The current argument to seperate Church and State is based in the evil desire (based in humanism) to supress Christinaity and moral obligation set forth by Judeo-Christian moral standards. Consider how rare it is to hear a Muslim complain about a Christian moral standards. The movement to rewrite (or more accurately, redefine) "Seperation of Church and State" is being conducted by anti-religeon forces. In fact, I agrue that the issue is bigger than the constitution because the goal of these forces is to supress. Church and State should be seperated. My guess is that a united Church would not follow yours or my interpretation of the Scripture. I hope we learned that lesson by this country's experience in the early 1600's.
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