Alright I agree with the separation of church and state. What I don't understand is why anyone would get so riled up over a picture or document that hangs on a wall. Do they get forced to read and conform to it? No.
I hate to point this out but there really is a huge difference between displaying an item of faith and say starting a holy war, a really huge difference.

I would hope that the more level headed would turn to the decision in Colorado that basically tells people a restraining order while legal, does not have to be enforced!

Okay Bill, I have a headache this morning and am having a right hard time (you heard the accent come through there, didn't you?...happens when I am real tired)making reasonable thought connections, etc., so....I give, wtf is a GDI?

Oh...GDI...of course:

God Damn Intelligent

Jeff, a tempest in a teapot? Turd in a punchbowl?

I have to agree with Bill on this one. This country is teetering on the edge of the 21st century - cannot make up its mind if it wants real human sociological advancement and enlightenment, or a perpetual bog-like existence reliving the past. My own propensity to love all things old certainly is sympathic to the stay-the-same-course folks, but stagnation is not a pretty thing, either. Onward and upward, Brothers and Sisters in this endeavor they call Democracy!

Now, if they had a display of historical sources which shaped our legal system, and threw in the 10 commandments, they might have gotten away with it. A stretch, true, and I'm not sure how you display common law, but slightly more credible to the masses.

I think it's stupid to pretend that our forefathers weren't religious, because some were quite devout in their Christianity. Others weren't. We need to remember that our ancestors decided *against* a state-religion. Could've. Didn't. They simply wanted the State to be neutral. (Ahem. That was a HINT, Mr. Bush!)

Don't be messing with Henry. ;-)