Separation of Church and State

Unless I was taught wrong, separation of church and state, according to history, was to prevent the Pope from having control of the country, due to the idea in Catholic teachings that the Pope has authority over all followers. Therefore, the Pope would have authority over a Catholic president, hence the assassination of JFK.

I don't understand what makes people think that because of the separation of church and state, there can be no religious icons, statements, etc. in any government controlled entity, object, speech/statement, etc. Does anyone actually read history? Our country was founded by Christians. Just because everyone has the freedom to follow whatever beliefs they want does not mean that the government should not follow the beliefs of the people, the majority of which are Christians.

I also resent when someone complains that Christians are voting based on their beliefs. What are they voting based on? Their imaginations? They are voting based on their beliefs, whether or not they include God.

In our democratic society, if the majority of the people are Christian, and we want the laws to represent a higher moral standard than other countries, the fact that our morals come from Christian beliefs should be irrelevant with regard to the passage of the laws.

This is really one of my hot issues. There is so much more I could say, but I think this is enough for now...

Technology Repairs

It really is a shame that most people have to spend tons of time and money to get things repaired and/or they have to replace them, just because they don't know how to fix them.

It gets me that with the help of a friend and a little Internet browsing, I spent $20 on parts, did a little soldering, and now have a fully functional flat screen monitor that would otherwise have been in a landfill somewhere.

Why do companies make it so difficult and expensive to get things fixed?
Why do they make them so cheaply in the first place?
Why aren't there any consequences for these companies?
They are filling up our landfills by selling junky equipment and not fixing it.