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Amen to this book. So we all know deep down that the founders of the USA were original thinkers and were pretty radical for their time, deeply influenced by enlightenment values. But, yet we here more and more, every day that this is a Christian nation and that the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were founded on Christian values and we need to meld god and government to get back to where we came from. Seidel, who is an accomplished lawyer, destroys this claim. (I'll take a break for those of you who are already offended to say that having a government without state religion actually strengthens religion, as the author says, so say a little prayer and read this book). Now, we all know we've got these true believers like Mike Pence and total phonies like Donald Trump who wave religion around the state, in the first case to save us, and in the second to get votes. But aside from getting people to stop thinking and vote for you, what are they accomplishing aside from making their political religion an absolute joke to the rest of us? Seidel argues that they are accomplishing the dismantling of a vital part of our founding (and making their religion a joke). I could quote 50 or 60 lines from our founders, who despite their flaws, actually read books and had moral and intelligent reasons for the wall of separation, but I'll just quote the motto from from first coin made by the USA which was designed by Benjamin Franklin (not "In God We Trust)� Mind Your Own Business! Hey, you might even end up with a religion that can stand on its own merits in the process. Total win/win. Amen. God Bless America! (first uttered at the close of a presidential speech by Nixon in his famous Watergate speech). Good stuff, don't let my belligerence stop you from reading it.