Hello there, Grumpy. Everybody knows where I stand on separation of church and state, so I won't rehash the old argument except to say that separating the two does not require us to "to remove all public recognition of God from our society." Arguing in favor of separation of church and state is too often misconstrued as an attack on religion, which it is not. And your statement that "THEY WILL ULTIMATELY TRY TO BAN ALL RELIGIOUS PRACTIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE" takes things to a whole new level. Frankly, I think that's a little paranoid.