They call it "separation of church and state."

But a more accurate name for what is happening in this country is "apartheid humanism."

It's no longer about preventing the establishment of a state religion in America.

The activists from the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and other extremist groups are – consciously or unconsciously – driving people of faith from the public square.

They are marginalizing legitimate and important expressions of faith to the fringes of society.

They are using the courts, fears of lawsuits and cultural intimidation to separate Christian and Jewish believers from the rest of society.

For instance, in Denver, a Christian group is being barred from participating in the city's annual Parade of Lights, with parade organizers forbidding church members from singing hymns and proclaiming a "Merry Christmas" message on their float.

At the same time, the event, now in its 30th year, will include homosexual American Indians, Kung Fu artisans, belly dancers and, of course, Santa Claus.

Another example is in Wauconda, Ill., where the mayor is dropping a decade-long practice of naming the last week in November "Bible Week" due to a religious discrimination complaint.

Mayor James Eschenbauch is quietly ending the practice in his hometown, one of more than 400 U.S. communities that observe the designation.

Add these recent examples of religious bigotry to others chronicled in the last year or so – a U.S. district judge in Texas threatening students with six months in jail for uttering the name of Jesus in commencement addresses, a fourth-grader in Missouri being punished for bowing his head in prayer before eating his school lunch, the Boy Scouts being thrown off U.S. military bases because the private organization encourages the belief in God.

Think about the goals of these extremist organizations: What does it mean literally to "separate church and state?"

Have you ever thought about it – I mean really thought about it?

What is the church? The church is the body of believers. It's not a building. It's not an organization. It's not a corporation. It is a group of people who share a common faith.

In America, the state is the people. We believe in a government of the people, by the people and for the people. We do not believe in kings and rulers in a free republic.

Therefore, the idea of separation of one group of people from the rest is a very divisive, very hateful, very un-American concept.

There is nothing "tolerant" about this agenda. There is nothing "inclusive" about the goal of separating people. There is nothing that promotes "diversity" about bigotry and a goal of some kind of religious apartheid state.

How far will this agenda go?

Have you heard about Ake Green?

Ake Green is a Swedish pastor who was jailed for a month for delivering a sermon in his church that offended some homosexuals.

Soren Andersson, the president of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Rights, explained the sentence was just because religious freedom could never be used to offend people.

Religious freedom could never be used to offend people? Have we not lost the meaning of religious freedom?

Certainly they have lost the concept of religious freedom in Sweden.

This is what I mean by "apartheid humanism." The proponents of "apartheid humanism" say they don't want people of faith imposing their morality on others. But it is clearly the apartheid humanists who are doing the imposing of morality.

We cannot let this trend continue in America – or we will no longer remain America.

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