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The reason I have chosen this topic is because I have been wondering why the" they government of the United States keep church and religions out of school and so many other places because that doesn’t make any sense at all to me there are three reasons why that doesn’t all up in my point of view.

The Bibliography I have chosen is about David Barton which deal with the cast of Everson v. Board of Education which deal with state vs religion. the reason I have chosen this topic is because I have been wondering why they" the government of the United States keep church and religions out of school and so many other places because that doesn’t make any sense at all to me there are three reasons why that doesn’t all up in my point of view. Church and school takes been a very controversial argument over many decades. Throughout the years they've had one thing in common aspect between the two. In this essay I would be discussing why organized
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1. God name is on money (on back of the money)
2. The United States flag had God on it (theme song)
First let's talk about money, on every single dollar that every created or is being made God in the back of it which said "in GOD we trust on it”. the main purpose of the kid going to school in the first place is to make money and have a bright future in order to that the kid most first touch money, which have GOD written on it . Which bring up my question of what is the difference state and religion because state and religion work together to create society. http://www.evolutionary-metaphysics.net/politics_and_religion.html
First point I would t like to make is , if we did not have nave money and why God money is money we use day to day time and why is so important to use human

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