Note: Alright, I made this awhile ago in ED, so it might not follow all of the guidelines. But yeah, I though it'd be a good starter article.
Although I got this info from talk radio, magazines etc.. it's all covered in a book titled "The Myth of Separation".

~Separation of Church and State is Bullshit (2nd revision)~

(Yes kids, this is what happens when you give a Conservative Microsoft Word and wayyy too much time)

In editorials, blogs and other media we often find the term “Separation of Church and State” frequently used when discussing such matters as: Prayer in schools, Creationism being taught in the classroom, abortion and other matters that are in one way or another tied in with (mostly) Christianity and the church being in the public square.
Mostly now it is almost taken as a given that “Separation of Church and State” is outright covered in the Constitution of the United States, as there should be “no establishment of a state religion”. And rightly there shouldn’t be, after all, our founding fathers and Framers of the Constitution fought and died to keep religious freedom among other things. It would be in clear violation of the Constitution if there were say rules that mandated that only Christians, monotheists (or any other religion) could run for office, vote, etc.
But many people take this term out of context, and use it to promote Secular Humanism as a state religion instead, saying, “It isn’t a religion and therefore shouldn’t be subject to that clause in the Constitution”. Well “religion” as defined by Webster’s Dictionary says: “A cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith”.
Where does a belief in God fit in there? “Secularism” is most certainly a system of beliefs that is respected by around 8% of the population. So by shoving “Secularism” into the public square we are blatantly defying the Constitution. (Not to mention we also have a minority governing the 83% monotheistic population of the United States, 73% of that being Christian).
All right, so we can’t have Secularism in the public square? So THEN what are we supposed to have? After all, we can’t have nothing can we? Simple, an ethical code held by the majority. No state religion is established, no specific religion is in power, and we have a Judeo-Christian belief system that is virtually held by all monotheistic religions and some polytheistic ones. It would help by cutting down on corruption in the government and realigning our policies to be more streamlined and efficient.
Not to mention it’s probably the closest we can get to a unanimous belief system that would run parallel to what most people believe.
What is the definition of “Judeo-Christian” ethics? It’s quite a broad definition but from my understanding of it, it represents stances on these issues while instituting man’s conscience as a main principle also.
- Protecting the sanctity of marriage. (60% support from American populous)
- Protecting the unborn. (57% support)
- Teaching of ID in the classroom. (65% support)
- Public prayer in the classroom. (Around 69% support)
- The steady reduction of Socialist programs (Medicare, Social Security etc.)
- Restrictions on gambling.
- Restrictions on corporate lobbying etc.
(Our Founding Fathers never had to deal with the crime rates or the corruption we have today, it makes you wonder why… hmm)
Some of them people may not agree with, well then fine, it’s in the Constitution that it’s a state’s rights to try and legalize or restrict one or the other by majority if you don’t want an agenda shoved down your throat. Popular majority is what counts. I’m just saying that instead of having a “no religion” policy, it wouldn’t hurt to have some type of system to hold citizens and government officials accountable by this in place, instead of the nihilist system that is steadily driving us into chaos. (Of course the good liberals in California and New York might disagree)
A common response that I get is that “our Founding Fathers were Deists from the age of Enlightenment, they obviously didn’t want religion in the public square”.
Wrong, out of the 55 framers of the Constitution, 51 of them were Christian. (28 Episcopalians, 8 Presbyterians, 7 Congregationalists, 2 Dutch Reformed, 2 Lutherans, 2 Methodists, 2 Roman Catholics, 1 unknown and 3 Deists) The three who are arguably Deist are Thomas Payne, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. (Some of Ben Franklin’s remarks make him out to be a Christian) They opened with prayer at the Congressional Congress, PRAYER!!!!!! SOMEONE CALL 911 AND THE A.C.L.U.!!!!!! (No to mention Benjamin Franklin gave them that idea :p).
Many of our early leaders made references to Jesus such as Patrick Henry and George Washington, JESUS?! Who are these evil violators of our country’s sacred, secular heritage? Whoops… I let the word “sacred” out.
Our Founding Fathers held Judeo-Christian ethics, without enforcing religion down others throats. (One might disagree, in many states during the time of the Revolutionary War; adultery was illegal and punishable by hanging. And often there was a state “church” which represented the religious majority of the states including New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Georgia, Pennsylvania etc.)
My point I’m trying to make is that it’s only been in recent history that the almighty activist Supreme Court has decided to pick and choose which parts of the Constitution to uphold and which ones don’t apply.
Sorry, the Constitution doesn’t work that way; the Supreme Court doesn’t trump the Constitution despite what they say; only International Treaties do. I would love it if the House and the Executive branch got smart and overruled the Supreme Court (which is instituted in their powers). The Lemon test in “Lemon vs. Kurtzman” is entirely THEIR construct and should be removed because it’s based on a false idea. I would quote Justice Scalia, but that would be a bit lengthy.
But that’s not going to happen anytime soon, unfortunately. We have Michael Newdow off in California with his buddies at the ACLU trying to take “God” off of everything -_-. But that’s off-topic.
Another common response I get is that “our Founding Fathers were slave owners, should we reinstitute slavery along with God in the government?” No, slavery was a violation of human rights, our Founding Fathers only made slavery legal to keep the Southern states from defecting and breaking up our newly formed union. Which happened anyway K.
Slavery is obsolete, not to mention violates moral principles and human rights (like I have said), slavery and Judeo-Christian ethics aren’t compatible.
The third excuse that I get is that is that “Jefferson makes it very clear that in the third article of the Treaty of Tripoli that we are NOT a Christian nation. Not to mention he also makes a reference ‘Separation of Church and State’ in his letter to the Danbury congregation in Connecticut.
Wrong again, like I’ve been harping on earlier, I KNOW WE CAN’T INSTITUTE A RELIGION. I know we aren’t a Christian nation, as stated by the Treaty of Tripoli. And we never will be despite however many people of one religion or another make up the majority in the country. But, that doesn’t keep us from having a moral code like our Founding Fathers had, that doesn’t make us a Christian, Muslim or Pastafarian nation does it?
As to Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury congregation. First off, those words he uses in his letter are taken ENTIRELY OUT OF CONTEXT; he’s referring to protecting the church from the state, not the other way around!!! Second, Jefferson penned these words 14 years later after the first amendment was written, he was in France during the writing of the first amendment.
Rather religion is to receive encouragement from the government, not restrict it. Jefferson’s letter is only used when it’s “convenient” to take it out of context.

I’ll give 1000g to the first person who can find the use of the exact words “Separation of Church and State” in the First Amendment. Hmm? Can’t see to find any “Establishment Clause”? It’s a great pity it doesn’t exist isn’t it? Although you can sleep in peace tonight knowing that it is no more real than the Boogey-man or Leprechauns. If you don’t want morals in our society, do something about it and make a Constitutional Amendment to add in the words “Separation of Church and State”. Until then, activist judges will continue to rule against the Constitution.