Reply #94: It's all about the context.

[BuyingThyme]

Actually, the reason he tied his faith-based programs to public schools is because he's saying that he envisions ways of getting away with this nonsense. If you see it some other way, I'd like to know the way.

Having voluntary student prayer groups using school property to meet should not be a threat, any more than its use by the High School Republicans should threaten Democrats. And one can envision certain faith-based programs – targeting ex-offenders or substance abusers – that offer a uniquely powerful way of solving problems.

And the set-up is just another call for compromise:

But a sense of proportion should also guide those who police the boundaries between church and state.

No objective person would disagree that the values of the religious (the sane ones) complement the policies of the Dems, but compromising the Constitution, or wearing a crucifix on one's sleeve, is not an appropriate way for a true Dem politician to get that message across. Leave that for the Bushes.

Dems and the Dem-like can get the message across through our deeds. Look to the Kennedys and Kings of the world. They were highly religious people who got it right. And they explained it better than I.