More wise words from the always-wise Robert Reich. His topic this time: Bush's infatuation with blurring the Constitutional line between church & state. I laugh when I hear a Republican invoke the name of a Founding Father, holding them up in such high regard, and yet their man in the White House regularly pisses all over the intent of these gents.

Some nuggets from Reich:

The Bush campaign wants religious groups to enter the political fray -- with costs offset by the federal government.
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The Constitution of the United States prohibits the federal government from enacting laws that promote or establish any religion. That's because the Framers understood the importance of keeping a strict separation between church and state.
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In its eagerness to promote the teaching of creationism in public schools, encourage school prayer, support anti-sodomy statutes, ban abortions, bar gay marriage, limit the use of stem cells, reduce access to contraceptives, and advance the idea of America as a "Christian nation," the Bush administration has done more to politicize religion than any administration in recent American history.
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The underlying battle will be between modern civilization and anti-modernist fanatics; between those who believe in the primacy of the individual and those who believe that human beings owe blind allegiance to a higher authority; between those who give priority to life in this world and those who believe that human life is no more than preparation for an existence beyond life; between those who believe that truth is revealed solely through scripture and religious dogma, and those who rely primarily on science, reason, and logic.