DaTroof said:"Has some of aj's anti christian paranoia rubbed off on you?"
Not at all. I went to Jewish private school so we had prayers twice a day. That was my families perogitive. I would not expect the good taxpayers of this country to support my values with their money. I understand that it's just God in general that we are speaking of, but there are people that don't even believe in that, and really, that should make no difference. They should not have their tax dollars going to an instituation that supports a belief that they do not have. How do you think athiests feel about religious institutions that pull in millions a year and are run like a corporation enjoying tax exempt status while the athiest has to bust his butt to meet corporate taxes ?! It's just so much easier to leave state and religion seperate .. not like now. You still haven't explained to me why it is OK to sell alcohol on my sabbath and not Christianity's. You also haven't really presented any argument against Christianity being a very prostelatizing religion. So I'm not paranoid, state and religion mixing is just a very slippery slope which the US should not even be standing near. I realize that the founding fathers refered to God plenty, but maybe we should leave that in the past. I'm not saying that religions shouldn't be active. I think they are, in general, a positive influence in peoples' lives. Like I said .. just not state sponsored time and dollar.
So what constitutes state dollared and funded?