>First of all, I'm a Christian, and I too would like to see a Biblical standard.
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>But I'm also an American, and I beleive wholeheartedly in the constitution, which
>guarantees not only religius freedom, but separation of church and state.
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>The Bible has no place in the classrooms. It belongs at home. It's a parents job
>to teach their children morals and Biblical principles.
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>While the founding fathers may have had been influenced the Bible in their thinking,
>they didn't leave England and migrate to the US because they wanted to be Christians.
>They migrated because the wanted to freedom to choose. And they penned the constitution
>without narrowing down what religion the people would follow, if any at all.
>
>That freedom is extended to everyone in the US - Christian, Jews, Muslims, Hindus,
>Atheists, and even Satanists.
>
>You cannot try to force one form of religion on everyone and profess to be a free
>nation.
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>

I really don't want to force the religion (faith, prayer, etc...) But, I beleive you can separate the civil laws from the religion and enforce those. We really just need a standard that does not change with the times (to accomodate various new deviencies.)