The fact of the matter, not the opinion of preachers with political aspirations or politicians who can't advance without whipping up religious frenzies, is that the Founding Fathers argued long and hard about whether the state should support or even recognize religion, and the idea was voted down in the Constiutional Convention.

The fact is that the "wall of separation between church and state" is a phrase written by Thomas Jefferson to describe the intent and impact of the First Amendment. That these specific words are not in the Constitution does not blunt their meaning, and the same people who regularly cleave to non-Constitutional language (such as to bar any work they find not to have "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value") don't seem to mind that it's not in the Constitution when it suits their beliefs.

Anyone who wants to assert that Roy Moore's graven image is the Foundation of America should be required to prove that the facts in the treatise linked above are not true before spouting these ridiculous notions that the cable channels have had on 24/7 between their coverage of other disasters, like workplace shootings or the Bush administration.

But none of this hits the real point. Every single person who wants kids to pray in school, or have their version of the Ten Commandments in a courtroom, or to have my tax dollars used to support their church's school, should have to answer this:

What kind of pansy-assed powder-puff fragile faith do you have that requires the government to teach your religion for you?

How weak is your grasp of what you call the "foundation of all law" that you have to have a two-and-a-half ton monument honoring your religion in the state's judicial building or you won't remember it? And if you'll remember it anyway, how can you possibly argue that there's any point to that rock other than to shove your beliefs in the face of people who believe differently?

How pathetic is your witness for God that you have to have the government place your religious symbols in public places, in front of captive audiences in schools and courts, to get your message across? Is your faith so laughably shallow that you can't convince people of it without the might of the government on your side?

Man, if your relationship with God is so pitifully anemic that you can't remember the "moral foundation of all law" without a five thousand pound monument in the courthouse, or celebrate the birth of your Savior without the government setting up a nativity scene, or teach your kids about God without having government teachers do it for you, you don't have constitutional problems. You have character problems. Spend more time in your church and less time trying to force every place else into being your church.