In the US we also have "seperation of Church and State" and when a state re-defines a religous term to meet a social demand the two are no longer seperate.

As for the eminent domain issue I thought it was a bunch of BS when I was in CT and I still think that it is still a bunch of BS now. The Supreme Court has basically said that any person that will come and improve upon the value of their property is free to take it from you as long as the town agrees. This is simething that can easily happen to anyone because unless your name happens to be Bill Gates there is someone richer than you are out there that can make more money off your property for the town than you can.