Invocations, Benedictions and Baccalaureates

I attended my 17 year old's (soon to be 18 years old) graduation this morning, as well as several other graduation/ senior events over the last two weeks. I have several questions if the liberals cling so heavily to the separation of church and state idea, which incidentally is no where in the Constitution, it is actually that the Government will not establish any state run religion, but allow us as a country a freedom of religion not a freedom from religion. Yet we cling violently to religious ideas. They still call the event before the graduation ceremony a Baccalaureate which by definition is Baccalaureate service, "a farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class", yet the services today are an extension of Senior reflections on their passage through school, so call it what it is an evening of Senior reflections not a Baccalaureate.

Now we come up to the graduation ceremony at the start of the ceremony is listed an invocation, which traditionally and by definition a blessing opening the service asking for some spirits guidance, what we had today was a senior stand up and give a short reflection on high school with a quote by Dr Seuss. At the close of the ceremony was listed the benediction, again by definition a blessing for those in attendance to reflect on as they leave the ceremony wishing for the spirit to watch over those who have been honored as well as those who were in attendance, again what we had was another senior give a short reflection on his career in school, again no religious inference in the ceremony at all. If you want total separation Church and State why cling to terms that are religious just by the use of the name. It is a case of trying to have your cake and eat it too...it jsut doesn't cut it for me...again just call them what they are...Senior Reflections