I don't disrespect
>your right to feel rage;
>please don't disrespect Trish's right
>to cope in her own
>way.

...normally I don't take the time to explain the obvious to people, but in light of the last couple of day's confusing events I will make this one exception.

I was obviously NOT saying that Trish shouldn't rely on her religious beliefs to help her cope with this event. What I was clearly saying was that the theory of separation of church and State implies that the State must NOT use those same religious beliefs (forgiveness and compassion) when dealing with this tragedy. Therefore, in terms of State action, I was correct in stating that Christianity has NO business being a part of any thought process that will go into how the State deals with this event.

As far as how individual people deal with this tragedy, religion has every right to be part of that process if that is what they want.

Please don't respond to this post, just drop it.