It's ironic that people who claim to uphold the Constitution conveniently pick and choose which words they abide by, misinterpret, and ultimately ignore altogether.

For example, they can ignore the Second Amendment and misinterpret the First.

Lest we forget, I remind everybody the phrase "wall of separation of church and state" was from a Thomas Jefferson letter to a Baptist.

This letter postdated the First Amendment by 13 years -- in no way is it, or was it ever intended to be a national policy.

Also, Jefferson was not a Constitutional Delegate in 1787 and he was not a member of Congress in 1789 when the First Amendment was outlined.

Mr. Brandt conveniently forgets the second part of the Establishment Clause: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Mr. Brandt may have been referencing his USSR Constitution when he suggested separation of church and state is called for by the Constitution.

Also, as we all know, the majority of Americans do not agree with this decision.

Constitutional historians have been very clear on this matter -- the Establishment Clause allows for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Religious oppression was one of the reasons settlers first came here, yet nearly 400 years later we have a court suggesting that Christians may not express their views for fear of offending atheists.

Fortunately, nearly all of America (including all of the Senate) has laughed in the face of the sideshow Ninth Circuit Court.