Godless America

Here is a raido program that I listen to weekely and I think that it will be a good disscussion for us to have here. THe program is an hour long but the part that I am focusing on is the first half. It deals with teh seperation of church and state.

The program is run and paid for by NPR ( National Public Raido ) so its a trusted source.

This American Life spends an hour trying to remember why anyone liked the separation of church and state in the first place.
Prologue. Two stories about people who suddenly realize they're the only ones around who value the separation of church and state. Paul Williams, a city councilman in Janesville, Wisconsin wants to make sure a Salvation Army built with public money doesn't proselytize. Soon he's getting attacked in the local press ... and by President Bush. And a Georgia teacher finds that by teaching what she's supposed to teach – evolution - she turns her school against her. (9 minutes)
Act One. The Substance of Things Hoped For ... in Government. We hear a quick rundown of all the ways that Christian conservatives are making headway in advancing their values as public policy, why they think total separation of church and state is not what the founding fathers intended. And why they're wrong. On the Christian side of this argument is Pastor Russell Johnson of the Ohio Restoration Project, which is trying to recruit "patriot pastors" to get involved in state politics, and Bill Carrico, a Virgina legislator who's trying to make sure people can express their Christianity in schools and other public places. And then there are the videos and speeches of David Barton, whose group, Wallbuilders, is trying to teach people that the founding fathers meant for America to be a Christian country. On the other side are Rob Boston, spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Cornell government professor Isaac Kramnick, co-author of The Godless Constitution. (18 minutes)

The link to the program is here.... Its streamed off the internet. www.thislife.org...

[edit on 9-6-2005 by Mizar]

[edit on 9-6-2005 by Mizar]