Bill,
In a message dated 3/25/2 12:10:59 AM, you wrote:

>There also doesn't seem to be the same degree of institutional
discrimination in
>favour of, or against, those who do or don't adhere to a state-sponsored
religious
>doctrine as we were discussing in relation to Israel. (Let alone a state
sponsored
>church.) Perhaps it is more subtle and I'm not aware of it? But you would
need
>to give examples to convince me that the US doesn't adhere to the accepted
principles
>of the separation of church and state.

Does Israel have a state-sponsored temple? Is it mandatory that the Talmud
and other Jewish religious scriptures be taught in public school? Please
describe the concrete policies of Israel's "state-sponsored religious
doctrine." Are they any more or less intense than that of the United States?

-- David