On Reagan

What would Reagan think of the Pledge case? Who friggin' cares!

there is one current question I could shed some light on: “How would Reagan respond to the attempt to remove ‘One Nation Under God’ from America’s pledge of allegiance?”

Answer: he would be quite disturbed.

Arguably, he was always quite disturbed.

The founder of the Soviet state, Vladimir Lenin, had called religion “necrophilia” (sex with a corpse)

Well, if you think about the way most Xtians pine for their favorite dead character from mythology, "necrophilia" is a pretty good description of the fanatacism that is Fundamentalist Xtianity today.

Reagan thought it important to acknowledge God in school. Doing so reminded young people that they possessed sacred rights granted by the Almighty rather than by benevolent government bureaucrats who can arbitrarily take them away.

While I would hardly call Ashcroft "benevolent", he, along with the rest of the Bush cabal, certainly has arbitrarily taken away many of our rights with the "Patriot" Act. So much for possessing sacred rights granted by God!