Newsmax points out that according to Philip Hamburger, Professor and legal scholar at the University of Chicago, the doctrine of separation of church and state owes more to the Ku Klux Klan than to Jefferson or the American Civil Liberties Union. According to this professors research, the 19th century and early 20th century Klan was more anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic than racist. The KKK was the pioneer of the "separation" movement that many people are still trumpeting today.

I think it is remarkable that liberals who supposedly promote and support "tolerance" aren't very tolerant of other peoples beliefs.