RP>   "To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil
RP>   freedom and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys.
RP>   In proportion as the genuine effects of Christianity are diminished
RP>   in any nation, either through unbelief, or the corruption of its
RP>   doctrines, or the neglect of its institutions; in the same proportion
RP>   will the people of that nation recede from the blessings of genuine
RP>   freedom, and approximate the miseries of complete despotism."
RP>       - Dr. Jedediah Morse, April 25, 1799
    "Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction
     of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we
     have not advanced an inch towards uniformity.  What has been the
     effect of coercion?  To make one half the world fools, and the other
     half hypocrites.  To support roguery and error all over the earth."
     - Thomas Jefferson, "Notes on Virginia"
RP>To all who see and deplore the decline of this nation and our society,
RP>and the erosion of our Constitution and our liberties, I say it will not
RP>stop until the God of the Bible is returned to His rightful place in the
RP>nation's affairs.
Do you believe that adulterers should be stoned to death?
RP>DH> The first Amendment does state that Congress shall not establish a
RP>DH> religion.
RP>It says Congress shall make no law establishing one.
No, it says Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion.  Your suggestion, that the God of the Bible must be
put firmly in charge of this country, is about as obvious an
example of our government respecting an establishment of religion
as I've ever heard.
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