A couple of traits often exhibited by "fundies" can include:

1) insisting the the United States is a "Christian" nation........


This country was founded by and became the predominate home to
Christian following people.

Thanks for proving my point.



Sort of like saying that this is a English
speaking country

No, it isn't. A common language is different than a common religion. A common
language provides a means for sharing thoughts and ideas- a common religion
requires that all those thoughts and ideas will be essentially the same.



Majority rules should apply in all public ceremonies or traditions
religious or otherwise. No town's traditions should be held hostage to
whims of the minority.


Damn that pesky Consitution, anyway.
What were the founders thinking? Just because the colonial immigrants to
America came here to *escape* a society where the majority assumed religious
dominance, formalized relationships between church and state, and informally or
formally persecuted dissenters, what made them think the exact same system
wouldn't be a rousing success in another society?

That is entirely a perception issue. So now you would have the strong
arm of government preventing the majority from practicing their faith,
so that the minority can avoid feeling "uncomfortable"?

Does your faith require you to begin every gathering with a formal prayer, and
does your faith require you to pressure those who don't agree with your
doctrine to join in- or be ostracized by their silence? When you conduct a
sales or board meeting in the workplace, do you lead your fellow employees or
managers in prayer? When you take your family out to dinner in a restaurant, do
you all bow heads and say "grace" aloud for other diners to hear?

I wouldn't presume to know what sort of religion you personally observe, but
certain
Christian groups hold the personal teachings of Jesus to be just about the
final word in matters such as this. Were you a member of such a group, you
might be familiar with two passages from the sixth chapter of the book of
Matthew, where Jesus himself commented on "public" prayer. Here they are, in
case they are new to you:

"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and
pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen
by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward."

[remember that "the synagogues" were the
primary place of public instruction in those days]

"But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the
door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in
secret, will give you your reward."

Suppose Jesus meant to say go into "your public classroom", rather than "your
private room"? Did he misspeak?

Then there is the example of Jesus praying in the garden prior to his arrest.
Not only did he go to an empty garden, in the middle of the night with just a
few close followers, but withdrew even from them to be by himself during
prayer.

These passages may be meaningless to you, and I apologize if it was
presumtptive to bring them up. As you insist that this is a Christian nation
and that all citizens should accede to the will of the numerical majority in
spiritual matters, I believe you are recommending that our kids be coerced into
reciting Christian prayers rather than those of another religion. If that's the
case, then the opinion of your major religious figure, (as recorded in the
Bible), would have some relevance in this discussion, would it not?