But this is not correct. The Bible also has reference to this subject. "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's." (Matthew 22.21) Both "laws" are explaining that state and religion (God) should be respected separately not that one should be disregarded for the other.
As decades pass since the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the United State's Constitution, this country seems to be forming an atheistic secularism. Creation cannot be taught in the schools, voluntary praying and scripture reading in the schools have been removed, and there is also a fight underway to remove "under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance. The Declaration of Independence clearly states, "that all men are created equal." Created means to bring into existence as God created man in his own image. No where does it state that all men are evolved equally, but the courts continue to be convinced or threatened that it is wrong to mix religion with government or in other words to have church and state as a union. Is there truly an intention, by expressing one's Christianity, to inflict harm on the non-Christians? This not only applies to Christians. There are many other religions whose belief in a God can be suppressed.
One way that proves that church and state exist in unison is to take a look at the legal tender, monuments and national buildings of the United States. In 1864, Secretary Salmon P. Chase, wrote to James Pollock, Director of the mint of Philadelphia, "No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins. You will cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay with a motto expressing in the fewest and tersest words possible this national recognition." Chase wanted to make sure that God was recognized in our country.
