Re: USA Timeline (was: RE: I'm Back)

>2)  Why on earth would representatives of a government dedicated to the
>separation of church and state seek the blessings of the Pope?

The US Government was not actually intended to separate church and
state.
That's a phrase lifted out of context from the Federalist Papers and
bandied
about by people who have an anti-religion agenda to push.  If the
American
separatists are hearkening back to the Founding Fathers, they might
reasonably ask the blessings of the Church on their endeavor--although I
wouldn't expect them to pay all that much attention to the Vatican.