@Ebonmuse:

If Congress doesn't understand the necessity of safeguarding the Constitution, it's up to us to remind them and vote for progressive members who will do the right thing.

Absolutely. I'm just saying that even if we elect progressive politicians, we will still have to be vigilant, because Democratic control of 2/3 of the government, in and of itself, doesn't absolutely ensure freedom from religion.

For Andy:

Let's not forget that only last month all the Democrat presidential candidates were falling all over themselves to claim the title of most religious Democrat candidate, and probably will continue to do so until the election is over.

While I also feel distaste upon seeing Democratic politicians pander to the religious section of the public, it doesn't follow that their views on separation are as bad as the Republicans'. Whether we like it or not, pandering to religiosity is a wise electoral tactic, at least for now. If the candidate actually understands the First Amendment and why it's important, as the Democrats seem to, then I'll endure some shallow god-talk rather than see a genuine theocrat put in power. If Congress doesn't understand the necessity of safeguarding the Constitution, it's up to us to remind them and vote for progressive members who will do the right thing.

After a year of that, I did not renew my membership. The AA was still too divisive for my tastes. I ended up joining the American Humanist Association and the Center For Inquiry, as well as the ACLU.

But now, with this court case, I decided that the Freedom From Religion Foundation is an organization that I should have joined when I first discovered them. They are truly an organization fighting to keep our (atheists) rights. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a great cause. Please join today if you want to keep what rights you have. Only together can we make progress.

PS. They have an outstanding podcast as well.

I find the open hypocrisy of people espousing religion who then turn around and state openly that 'they wish someone had been killed by a terrorist' to be rather insulting to my meager intelligence. This is what Ann Coulter really said, and it is what American 'politics' has become today.

I think the theocracy is already in full throttle and we just don't know it yet. Obviously it is a hypocritical theocracy which uses religious sugarcoating to satiate the masses while it pursues its own very secular agendas.

Calling it the "Democrat Congress" you sound like a right-wing parrot spewing focus-grouped sound bytes.

If you're not a right-wing parrot, I apologize. But if you came in here disguised as a moderate, you just blew your cover.

"And we now have a Democratic Congress, thank goodness, one which will be far more willing to listen to voices raised on behalf of the Constitution."

I'm quite cynical and feel that the Democrats are only politicians, after all, and will stand up for the Constitution only as long as it helps them thwart a Republican president. Let's not forget that only last month all the Democrat presidential candidates were falling all over themselves to claim the title of most religious Democrat candidate, and probably will continue to do so until the election is over.

It is also worth noting that Bill Clinton is heavily involved with Jimmy Carter's Cooperative Baptist Fellowship movement, which is aiming, among other things, to unite Baptists worldwide. If Hillary Clinton were to win the presidency and then throw any kind of special favors in that direction, I sincerely doubt the Democrat Congress would do anything to stop it.

Oh, and I know that this isn't on topic, and apologies if you've already been tagged.