Our dollars say “In God we trust,” but our founders urged us to keep church and state separate. The Constitution’s first amendment not only seeks to protect government from the intrusion of religion, but religion from intrusion of government.
How does that square with President Bush’s faith-based initiative, which would divert federal dollars to church-based social programs? The President hopes to empower the armies of compassion to fight poverty and a host of other social ills.
Can churches accept Caesar’s salt, without doing Caesar’s bidding? Can they become secular agents and still be the state’s conscience?
Guests:
Rev. Eugene Rivers, head of the Ten-Point Coalition in Boston;
Rabbi Jack Moline, Interfaith Alliance
Dr. Albert Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.