Dear Editor,

This is a blunt address to Mr. Bill Bryant’s recent published letter with regard to “Separation of Church and State”.

I will say this:

If anyone believes that the Founders of America (or of any nation’s) constitutional interpretation of freedom is a violation of the rule of laws, their argument should be heard.

Mr. Bryant is a proclaimed atheist, his choice. I understand. But, my choice, and, the argument (re: an elective religious program) of “separation” falls short on Mr. Bryant’s side. There is no monetary relationship to anyone’s tax dollars.

Dear Mr. Bryant, please trust no public monies are spent for prayer blanket, or reconstructed prison facilities to accommodate incarcerated Muslims as to honor their faith to delicate facing East. Yes, American penitentiaries!

My opinion is not wicked nor hateful. It is presented in good faith debate on the side of righteousness. That is all.

Sam Fregiato

St. Clairsville