Separation issue came up later

Mike Perlman seems concerned about the “moment of silence” every morning at Bartlett High School, calling it “absolutely disgusting.” He then informs us that: “Our Founding Fathers came to America in search of religious freedom and created our country based on the principle of separation between church and state. This is a blatant attempt to bring prayer into our public schools. Something must be done.”

You are so right, Mike ... about something needing to be done, that is.

For starters, I would suggest you study American history. I don’t know what you were taught about it, but you make it obvious that whatever else it was, it was most definitely revisionist.

There are countless quotes of what these men actually said before, during and after the Revolution that refutes your contention. As a matter of fact, how could what you say even be vaguely true when that phrase, “separation of church and state” wasn’t even first brought up until well after the Revolutionary War ended and the Constitution ratified, in a letter dated Jan. 1, 1802, to be precise?

Tell you what, Mike: start with Fisher Ames. Read up on him and what he said, particularly regarding the First Amendment and prayer in the public schools. Then explain to us what you know that he didn’t.

John Babush

Big Rock