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Rachel's church and state

By Jeremy Plonk
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, August 7, 2009

Our American forefathers had enough wisdom between their powdered wigs to address such nation-building notions as the separation of church and state. In that, the government would have no ability to infringe on the liberties of our religious beliefs. But the brilliance of Jefferson and Washington and Madison has escaped America's sports fans ever since. For us, after all, it's been an impossible love-hate relationship with separating the church and state of our sporting pillars. The church is ...

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