Keep your Government out of my Church!

Separation of Church and State... you've heard the term batted around a hundred times, mostly by people who have something against the Church. But what does it really mean?

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." -1st Amendment of the United States Constitution

This really does not require much interpretation. It is obvious that the Founders wanted to be sure that Congress could not pass laws pertaining to religion or the practice of religion. So where do we get separation of Church and State? Is certainly is not in the constitution. Some say that it came from the notes of Thomas Jefferson. The problem is that these notes were never added to the Constitution and ratified.

What does this mean for us? It means that Government should keep their nose out of out Churches, that's what it means! That means that a Judge has no business saying that the National Day of Prayer is "unconstitutional". (story here)

I would like to commend President Obama for refusing to "cancel" the 2010 National Day of Prayer. It was a wise decision on his part.

On another note: I heard a commentator say just the other day that the 1st Amendment says to keep the out of the Church, it does not says to keep the Church out of the Government. We need more Christians to be active it Government. We need more Christians to be elected to office. Most of all, we need ALL Christians to help turn this Country back to God.