It's why we put a flag on our family altar on the Fourth and asked the Gods to continue to bless our country. And it's why I'm so grateful that religious education in America is confined to the home and church/synagogue/mosque/circle.

It would be a perversion of the Constitution and the entire meaning of this country were we to be like Iran or Afghanistan under the Taliban and institute--and enforce--a state religion. Imagine getting whipped in public--and I mean literally whipped, with no trial or recourse--for not wearing a headscarf!

Thank the Lady we aren't like them!

Lynn Siprelle, Editor