To be born again – is it the American experience only???
            
             For many the United States of America is a very special country. It is the biggest melting pot on the Earth, the greatest land of opportunities for average people. This is a country which is proud of its religious freedom. This virtue has been acknowledged and cherished since the Founding Fathers included it in the Bill of Rights. The Constitution lets everyone on American soil practice their own religion...
            
             Up till this point the above paragraph could easily describe a present reality of a few more countries. Is America different then?
             Although most developed countries have the religion-state relation set in a given way only the United States is a country in which the president has the atmosphere to publicly talk about his religious preferences. Of course there are other especially Islamic countries, however these ones cannot be treated as ones, in which the rights of an individual are taken into consideration to a reasonable level. Moreover, this situation does not influence the opinion polls negatively. President George W. Bush says: 'I am born again'. The reason of quoting president Bush here is to show a special relation between the religious matters and the official state reality. The separation of state and religion is quite obvious in the American political culture. It has a long tradition and stems from the American legacy. The freedom of religion has been the core issue for all those who being prosecuted left for American land, later for all those for whom it seemed to be unquestionable to contain it in the Bill of Rights, lastly for all those who nowadays enjoy the unlimited access to their religious experience.
             Yet, there is a unique and untouchable link between religion and state. Although the separation of religion does exist religion grew up to a substantial issue and made its way through the American political and social scene. The consi...