SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: THE FOUNDATION OR FISSURE FOR OUR COUNTRY? Foundations are one of the most important parts of houses. When building the foundations very carefully, the owner must know exactly what the house is to look like and what the floor plans are. Since the foundation...

Is praying in school really allowed? Do the majority of children that do want to pray get put down or get frowned upon? Well that answer to that question years ago would have been that praying in school was a part of everyday routine. These days it doesn't look so good considering most of us j...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... These very important words were written over 200 years ago, and are still misunderstood, misconstrued, and misinterpreted by a majority of the citizens they protect. These words form ...

Capital Punishment The use of capital punishment has been a permanent fixture in society since the earliest civilizations and continues to be used as a form of punishment in countries today. It has been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion of soldiers during wartime to the more heinou...

Banning Prayer in Schools When schools first opened hundreds of years ago prayer was always enforced, and the Bible was the only book most schools had to read. Our first constitutional right states that we have the right to freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and as our right the go...

The pledge of allegiance was always considered a routine part in my morning at school, until now because of the recent controversy. Michael Nedow brought up the controversy this past June. He took the Sacramento school district to court saying that the pledge of allegiance was unconstitutional bec...

John Locke, the philosopher, stated that all individuals have the right to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Property." Thomas Jefferson, former President, suggested that Happiness should replace Property in Locke's statement. Most of Americans depend on property to achieve happine...