Franklin Graham has an editorial in USA Today worth reading:

I support, to a degree, the notion of the separation of church and state. I shudder to think of one religion or faith ever dominating our government to the exclusion of other faiths. Even more frightening is the thought that government would ever be allowed to intrude on what is preached from our pulpits or read in our Scriptures.

But at times of disaster, at times of national tragedy, government must reach over the wall of separation and reach out to the abundant resources of America’s faith communities. Katrina presented such an opportunity.

I like the handy little sidebar on current “church-state battlegrounds.”

Here’s an article from The New Yorker on one of those “battlegrounds,” the Kitzmiller v. Dover case:

In January, the presiding judge, John E. Jones III, will render his verdict and decide whether Dover biology students will be read a four-paragraph statement casting doubt on the validity of Darwinian theory and endorsing intelligent design as an alternative.

Actually, that’s about the only sentence worth reading. So much fuss about four paragraphs “casting doubt” on a scientific theory… the sure sign of a theocracy, I tell ya! What follows is just a variation on that kind of unrealistic hyperventilation we’ve come to expect any time the subject is mentioned.