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Letter: We need both church and state

After reading the opposing views concerning church and state, I could only conclude that our nation would not survive without one rave or the other.

After all, our nation stems from a group of Christian families fleeing the verbal constraints of Europeans, and in my support of those Christians I believe no other religion or group of atheists could have conceived the creation of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

As a U.S. citizen, the most important documents I have in my possession are my certificate of birth and my certificate of baptism.

Robert Pielli

Hilton Head Island

This story was originally published March 1, 2016 at 7:00 PM with the headline "Letter: We need both church and state."

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