[h/t S. Weasel] Well, it’s unlikely that Sen. Barack Obama will be observing Sunday service at Trinity United Church of Christ anytime soon. Proving that politics and religion do intersect.Liberals may try to banish religion behind a “wall of separation”, but controversy over Obama’s pastor proves its enduring political influence.

Tonight’s guest on my internet radio program is Tara Ross who, along with Joseph Smith, points out that Thomas Jefferson concocted the constitutional “wall” only to shield himself from criticism from religious leaders. George Washington — whose views on church and state differed markedly from Jefferson’s — offered a healthier and more realistic approach that we urgently need to rediscover.

In UNDER GOD: George Washington and the Question of Church and State, Ross and Smith reveal why Washington believed a self-governing society must not merely accommodate religion but encourage it, for health of the citizens and the state.

Join us tonight at 9 (immediately following Bill O’Reilly’s interview with Her Royal Pantsuit) on Blog Talk Radio.

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