Letters to the Editor: Separation of church and state 'is under great threat' and must be protected

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To the editor : Separation of church and state is a founding principle of our great nation and it is under great threat. The earliest colonists, who fled here to escape religious persecution, were seeking the freedom to follow their own beliefs — to not have any ruler or government dictate their faith, which meant keeping church and state separate.

Now, almost 250 years later, Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson has found an influential spot within President Trump’s Washington ( “Pastor Doug Wilson’s fringe teachings go mainstream in Trump’s Washington,” Sept. 8) while proponents of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 are determined to force their religious beliefs on a