Scary Colorado Republican Tea Party candidate doesn't believe in separation of church and state

NEAT, ISN'T IT, HOW VIDEO HAS CAPTURED THE REAL BELIEFS OF SOME OF THE TEA PARTY CANDIDATES?  THIS ONE, KEN BUCK OF COLORADO, DISAGREES WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE CONSTITUTION.  THIS POSES AN INTERESTING DILEMMA FOR THOSE VOTERS WHO CALL THEMSELVES CONSTITUTIONALISTS AND WHO (at least up till now) AGREED WITH JEFFERSON'S INTERPRETATION AND IDEALS.  IT APPEARS THE TEA PARTY CANDIDATES WANT TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION TO CONFORM TO THEIR OWN FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.  I WONDER WHAT JEFFERSON WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THEM...(oh, HEAR That??? I THINK THAT'S HIM SPINNING IN HIS GRAVE RIGHT NOW).

WASHINGTON:  Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1801 that "religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God" and argued the Constitution required "building a wall of separation between Church & State."

Colorado Republican Senate candidate and Tea Party favorite Ken Buck last year said he "strongly" disagrees with one of the bedrock principles of American society: the separation of church and state.

"I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state," said Buck at a forum for GOP Senate candidates last year. "It was not written into the Constitution. While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion. And so that, that concerns me a great deal."

His remarks were captured by the site ThinkProgress, which also has video.