I don't know whether to be appalled or laugh that the idea would even be put forward... It seems outrageously absurd to me!
I suspect, the point of the "grand standing" exercise, from those that put it forward, was to make two key points in reference to the existing law suit in Oklahoma about the First Amendment to the Constitution.
1) You really do want "Separation of Church and State"
2) If not, then how about equal time based on the right to Freedom of Religeon?
I think the world has proven many times in the past and in our present time... "Separation of Church and State" is in the best interest of all of us.
No need to list examples of oppression, bigotry, violence and civil war that have resulted from mixing government and religion. But you don't have to look into the distant past to find examples. Religious oppression in other parts of the world is happening right now, as we discuss our Freedom of Religion!
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