Cobb County's Stickers

Yale law professor Stephen Carter (author of such excellent books as Affirmative Action Baby and Integrity) takes on the latest church-state imbroglio: creationist stickers on biology texts. I'm not at all sure I buy his take on that specific problem, but I very much liked his statement of the general issue:

It is getting harder and harder to tell the difference between the separation of church and state and the elevation of state over church. The doctrine of separation, which some scholars call a peace treaty, is at its best when the church acts in one sphere of authority and the state acts in another. The doctrine is at its worst when the state uses its considerable power to sterilize every trace of religious activity or language. Then, the doctrine is less a peace treaty than war by other means. (Link)

(HT: Southern Appeal)