Sigh...let's talk separation of church and State (zzzzz)

I hear the arguments over and over again from people who are right (usually far right) of center about the role that religion plays (if any) in politics and governance of this nation. I am often reminded by these folks that this nation was founded on Christian principles. While I will agree that this country's founding fathers were Christians, I strongly disagree with the assertion that the foundations of our Constitution are based exclusively on Christian beliefs. Rather, our founding fathers primary objective when drafting the Constitution was to guarantee all citizens certain rights that include the freedom to practice the religion of their choice. Nowhere in the Constitution does it state or imply that the founding fathers intended those rights to be limited to Christians alone. The founding fathers also went to great effort and detail in the Constitution to ensure that our government was divided into three distinct branches so that no one person or office could exercise too much unilateral power. It is called "checks and balances" and is structured in such a way as to protect the citizens of the country from government tyranny. That is why our founding fathers came to this country and founded it as a democratic society.

That brings me to the Constitutional principle of separation of church and state. To the anti-separationist right wingers out there, the principle of separation of church and state was included in our Constitution for the explicit purpose of protecting our religious liberties. We are a pluralistic society with a diverse racial, socioeconomic and religious citizenship. As such, it would be impossible to protect the Constitutional rights of each citizen as relates to religious freedoms by injecting any one religions distinct beliefs into our government. It cannot be done...not in this country and not in any country as diverse as ours and with the types of protections we have in place. So deal with it and enjoy the religious freedoms you have, live your life according to your religious beliefs and allow others to do the same.

And if that isn't enough reason for the need for separation of church and state, what follows here surely makes the argument effectively:

I rest my case. Amen.