Religion has always been a weapon of armies and sailors....missionaries ALSO are briefed and debriefed by the CIA....SPYING AND TROOPS inside USA is prohibited by law .....there have been wars by and against Mormons slave states and genocide against Native tribes.....when believers came they had bibles we hand land ....now we only have bibles and they have all the land

We have an issue here in Hawaii with the separation of religion and state. There is a group of people wanting Hawaii to secede from America, and are using the word "sacred" to cause a standoff and an illegal blockade on the road up the side of a mountain where the parts of an approved telescope are waiting to be built.

The protesters, breaking state law by blocking the road to the top of Mauna Kea, are infringing on the livliehood of those who work up on the mountain, and have cost the tax payers 11 million dollars so far just in police protection ensuring their safety.

This standoff is also depriving Hawaii's children of millions of dollars in education grants and other benefits of the telescope they are protesting. The protesters camp and eat for free, supplied by goods and services from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, which in turn is funded by all the taxpayers in Hawaii.

My tax dollars are going to this group which is running on the word "sacred" with the goal of creating a 3rd political party called Aloha Aina to secede from America.

Most of the protesters are likely collecting government benefits, all the while saying they are not part of America, but the "Kingdom of Hawaii" so they don't feel they should follow the federal or state laws.

Our state government so far has been caving to the standoff, for which there is no end in sight. They are breaking the law, but because they use the word "sacred" they are getting away with it, because by using that word, the government is afraid of arresting them, since it would look bad.

While they surely have the right to resurrect some aspects of the ancient religion they profess to believe in, they do not have the right to infringe on the rights of others. The religion they are resurrecting included human sacrifice and other beliefs that most people nowadays would not approve of, but they cherry pick a few beautiful things about it to celebrate. All this is causing quite a division within the state.

There are many people in the USA that do not believe in separation of church and state. many are Christians and Muslims. I guess the constitution is a "living" document and can be changed.

We have to ask "does freedom of religion allow Sharia law to be legal in the USA"? Sharia Law is fundamental to Islamic doctrine.
Some Christian sects handle snakes. Seems like that would be against the law considering we have to wear seat-belts.

Thanks for giving me some much needed hope today.

Besides, the Founding Fathers were Deists, not Christians.

I'd be a lot happier if the fatheads in power weren't trying to tear down those boundaries.......

U. S. Constitution is the establishment of the Masonic lodge secret religion racist devil worshippers secret religion. Please feel free to separate yourself from supporting the Masonic lodge secret religion racist devil worshipper European invadors and return to you land of ancestry and take your governmental terrorism, taxation and religious oppression with you.