I was combing the This American Life site, an incredible radio show from the folks at NPR, and came across this 2005 show titled, "Godless America," in which host Ira Glass offers a few distinct example of how meddlesome politics can be in religion and vice versa.Stream the show for free or download via iTunes here: "Godless America" Link
Here's a taste...
At a time when House Majority Leader Tom Delay calls for enacting a "Biblical world view" in government, when Christians are asserting their ideals in the selection of judges, in public school science classes and elsewhere, This American Life spends an hour trying to remember why anyone liked the separation of church and state in the first place.
Two stories about people who suddenly realize they're the only ones around who value the separation of church and state. Paul Williams, a city councilman in Janesville, Wisconsin, wants to make sure a Salvation Army built with public money doesn't proselytize. Soon he's getting attacked in the local press ... and by President Bush. And a Georgia teacher finds that by teaching what she's supposed to teach — evolution — she turns her school against her.
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