Tim Lahaye’s USA Today Opinion about United States Separation of Church and State.

Tim Lahaye’s USA Today Opinion about United States Separation of Church and State.

Faith-based ministries fit nation's history. Tim LaHaye, author and minister - Rancho Mirage, Calif. 1-29-08

Tim Lahaye, who wrote the popular Left Behind Series, commented about the biblical heritage of American government and schooling. The myth of separation of church and state has been promoted and repeated by public school officials for years. The emphasis has been to remain completely void of religious ideas.

Fact: The words "separation" or "church" do not appear in the U.S. Constitution. Fact: The only group prohibited from the establishment of religion is the government, as stated in the First Amendment. But our government has violated this requirement by prohibiting prayer and Bible reading in the public schools, and by banning the posting of the Ten Commandments in government buildings, and by denying the theory of "intelligent design" of man's origin in public school science classes.

Another myth that I have been exposing in the blog is that there is polarized front to mandate ID be taught in public schools. Because America has become full of frivolous lawsuits, liabilities have restricted teachers from sharing personal biases about religion. If a teacher is to be truly effective their needs to be a sharing of ones personae to the students.