Ronald Reagan Quote

The birth of a free America was borne of the Declaration of Independence.  These first sentences are the basis of all the rest, the truthful foundation of the free nation.  A war was fought against those that claimed Americans as their serfs.  The Americans defeated their oppressors and reclaimed their rights.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

— Declaration of Independence

These are America's roots from which the Constitution sprung.  These are the principles upon which the nation is built and the liberty of the People respected and protected.

Historically, the image of the Crown has been placed on coinage — the Queen's image is found in every British commonwealth's currency.  American coins previously had 'Mind Your Business' engraved instead of 'In God We Trust'.  The image of lady liberty replaced the images of the king.  I suppose In God We Trust was added when the images of presidents were put on coins to make the distinction that Americans do not have a ruler other than Nature's God as is asserted in line one of the Declaration of Independence.

There is a need to keep church and state in their separate jurisdictions, BUT the state cannot keep separate the People from the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, which are the founding principles of American's freedom and security.

I find that most of those that complain about lack of separation between church and state, are in favor of empowering the state as a deity itself, to whom all are beholden.  The state becomes the church and politicians demi-gods to whom we must obey.