Strengthening the Separation of Church and State First Amendment issues relating to the separation of church and state and state establishment of religion have long been the subject of controversy in federal courts. Until recently, the Supreme Court had a proven track record of preventing the mixing of religion and government, especially when it came to the country's public schools. Yet last year, a newly activist conservative court began rewriting some of the Warren Court's judicial legacy. In the 1995 case Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, declared that the University of Virginia was constitutionally obligated to subsidize a student religious magazine on the same basis as secular publications and activities. This decision opens the door to greater government financial support for religious organizations. Groups like the Christian Coalition and the American Center for Law and Justice, the legal wing of Pat Robertson's financial empire, saw this narrow decision as a victory for their agenda of intertwining government and religion, thus tearing down the wall of separation between church and religion. To justify their goals, they identify the need for moral leadership in this country, which many consider ethically and morally rudderless. Yet Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson, the Christian Coalition, and other like-minded individuals and groups are pushing a broader agenda than their traditional supporters have in mind. The attempt to infuse government with a greater religious presence has almost nothing to do with the instillation of traditional values ​​and morality, but has almost everything to do with the establishment of Christianity, particularly evangelical Christianity, as the religion of state. ...... half of the paper ...... such unions. The United States has the highest level of religious involvement in the Western world precisely because it does not have a state religion, like most European nations. In that region, state-sponsored churches are moribund and religious enthusiasm is low. America has a great diversity of religious viewpoints because the spiritual aspect of people's lives is free from the encroaching tentacles of Uncle Sam. If it were not for our separation of church and state, it is likely that the evangelical faiths that gave rise to the Christian Coalition would never have existed. Therefore, Ralph Reed and Pat Robertson are destroying the agent of their own creation. They would never want socialized medicine, yet they are trying to implement socialized religion. But if you don't want the government to interfere with your body, why would you want the government to interfere with your soul?.