flynn23 wrote:
] things like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Thanksgiving holiday,
] cowboys, and on and on and on.

Well, the Thanksgiving holiday is at least as old as the republic, but you are right about the rest...

] I see your point, but your foundation is incorrect. While many
] whites did practice some form of monotheism, that was not
] exclusive. You could even argue whether it was a majority or
] not. Some of the earliest pilgrims here were Druidic or other
] types of Pagans. That was the whole reason why they came here
] - to get away from the Church.

Citation?

] This might be the case, and the Bush administration quacks
] like a duck, smells like a duck, and walks like a duck. So it
] may be that America is heading for a heavily influenced
] Judeo-Christian administration. However, this is unsustainable
] in today's global context and I think it will be undone and
] quite quickly. But that's a topic for another thread.

Hrm. My cynical opinion is that you can be very abrasive for a very long time as long as you have all the money. The bad decisions you'll make as a fundamentalist state (such as training a generation of children to reject the scientific method) can take quite some time to come home to roost.

] I continue to be impressed with
] how America has 'sucked it up' and gotten on with itself in
] light of the election.

I think people are tired. They've been fighting for some time. Now they want to relax and get on with their lives. There is nothing they can do about it for at least 2 years.

RE: Scalia opposed to separation of church and state