Separation of Church and State

I'm going to reiterate what I said in another thread. This country was founded on the gospel of Jesus Christ. When the United States was created, it was created to break the chains of tyrrany from Great Britain. It was created in order to have religious freedom. So for all those people stuck inside their own box, the sole purpose of our founding fathers coming over to what is now the United States was to be able to worship how they please. They took those principles and created a government. They took Britain's government and changed what they saw as biblical violations and created the US Constitution. Today's government focuses more on political differences than the morals our country's foundation lie. Each session that congress holds, they open it up with a word of prayer. Congress are the law makers of this great land. So how can you honestly sit there and say our country can separate church and state, when our own congress supports church practices such as prayer during a government meeting?

Not the law or not in the Constitution? There's a difference.

Congress is the only body to make law. Show me where such a law exists? I don't want to see someones opinion on it, i'd like to see it writen down as a law and not an opinion of what Jefferson ment while talking to a baptist preacher. Our Constitution quotes that Congress is not allowed to make any law regarding religion. Which is exactly what sep of Church and State is trying to do, make a determination against religion. If your gonna use Jefferson words then use his exact words, not what you think they ment. That is what SCOTUS did.
I say again, There is not wording for sep of C and S in our Constitution and as far as i know or have ever seen, there is not law writen on the books, just an opinion. Of which is all SCOTUS is allowed to do, they do not make law. With this opinion they were attempting to make law, but everybody knows (including them), they can't do that.

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man & his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state. Congress thus inhibited from acts respecting religion, and the Executive authorised only to execute their acts, I have refrained from presenting even occasional performances of devotion presented indeed legally where an Executive is the legal head of a national church, but subject here, as religious exercises only to the voluntary regulations and discipline of each respective sect. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties."

It doesn't matter at all because Jefferson had nothing to do with the Constitution.

I was talking about this issue with a guy at work today. He came up with the good point that we also came to this country to get rid of the religious freedoms though. Thus, the law states we can not "establish" a government for the entire country. He made a good point.

we also came to this country to get rid of the religious freedoms though.

Constitution says freedom of religion, not from.

I think Volunteer already stated that this was empty rhetoric meant to appease Tripoli. No, it doesn't matter, basically because it's wrong. The Bible is the overwhelming source behind the Constitution.