Religion

"America is a Christian nation," proclaim the fundamentalists.

   Except for the 6 million Jews, 5 million Muslims, 3 million Buddhists, 1.5 million Hindus, 1 million Baha'i, and 500,00 Sikhs, not to mention the 33 million who say they are non-religious or the 2 million atheists, as well as the millions more who are Zoroastrian, Shinto, Tao, Wiccan, Druid or who walk the Red Road of the Native American Tradition.
  The Constitution guarantees not only Freedom of Religion; it also guarantees Freedom from Religion.
   The First Amendment specifies that Congress "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...."
   Even more important, however, is the clause in Article VI in the main body of the Constitution: "no religious  Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
   Both were reactions to laws in Britain at the time, which required that only members of the Established Church could serve in Parliament, or attend universities in Oxford and Cambridge.
   This is not to criticize religion; it is to criticize hypocrisy. Some folks active in churches are about as spiritual as a piece of plywood -- and just as flexible.