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ASHES TO ASHES: A punk song about the great Catholic writer, Evelyn Waugh.

ASHES TO ASHES: A punk song about the great Catholic writer, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) Waugh. Brideshead Revisited:(Penguin Modern Classics) Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead

Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?

“Let tyrants shake their iron rod, And Slav’ry clank her galling chains We fear them not, we trust in God New England’s God forever reigns…” “Chester” William Billings, American - 1770 Popular hymn sung by General Washington’s men during the course of the fighting in the Revolutionary War. There has been much controversy made in recent years about the Establishment clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. Court cases have been argued over the “wall of separation” between church and state by organizations like the ACLU. The Ten Commandments and crosses and other religious symbols have been removed from the public square. Recently, a cross dedicated to fallen soldiers in the Mojave Desert was the source of a law suit by the ACLU alleging that it violated the separation clause of the Constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that the cross could stay but vandals tore it down shortly after the decision. So, what was the intent of the Founders? To have a secular state that