2006-07-17 09:51:06 · 17 answers · asked by Ethan M 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
This was a joke. It just seems that some of the more militant atheists seem to really start foaming at the mouth if you even mention the word God.
2006-07-17 09:55:49 · update #1
Don't believe me read Uncle Osbert's answer
2006-07-17 10:03:29 · update #2
No it doesn't. You have free speech and can say almost anything you like. You also have freedom of religion and can worship anyway you like.
The separation of church and state has become bastardized in this country. The Framers intended for people to be religious, what they were concerned with was the establishment of a state religion that all people would be forced to conform to. In our society no one is being forced to conform to any religion, but there are many who think they have a right not to be exposed to any one else's religion whatsoever, and this was not what the Framers intended.
I am not a religious person, and I doubt I ever will be. However, I don't feel myself ill used if someone says God Bless You, Allah Be Praised, or any other religious statement around or to me. Frankly it doesn't even bother if someone says I will damned to hell. Hard to get upset about condemnation to a place you don't believe in.
2006-07-17 10:03:34 · answer #1 · answered by Bryan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a citizen you are not representing the state just yourself as an individual, therefore you have the right under the Constitution to freedom of expression and freedom of religion and may say God Bless America.
2006-07-17 16:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by notaxpert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legal concept of separation of Church and state had been turned upside down by atheist, NAACP, and other ungodly groups.
The founding fathers wrote that to protect the Church from interference and control by the government.
2006-07-17 16:57:25 · answer #3 · answered by deacon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not a violation of any thing, but I hope you'll say it as often as you can because we need all of Gods blessings we can get.
It's not in the constitution by the way it's one of those amendments which I beleive was added in the sixty's. It hasn't been very long ago, in U.S. history time line!
2006-07-17 17:06:13 · answer #4 · answered by Carolyn T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you are just expressing your faith and wishing the best of what you believe for America. Now, if you force someone who doesn't believe in God to say that in a public context then you are violating their American right to freedom of religion.
2006-07-17 16:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, there's no such thing as "separation of church and state". I'll give you my salary this year if you can find that phrase in the Constitution. Second, No.
2006-07-17 16:55:13 · answer #6 · answered by Nuke Lefties 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seperation of Church and State. Not seperation of Church and People.
2006-07-17 16:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by creton4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you truly are enabled to bestow, you must be cognizant of if it really applies. Ever heard of the book of Judges? And why the judges existed? What precipitated them?
2006-07-17 16:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
But I know there's a whole bunch of Christian-supremacist agenda attached to that question....
2006-07-17 18:55:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not unless you're working for the government and on the clock.
how would you like it if some teacher or cop talked to you about mohammad? yeah, think about it.
2006-07-17 16:54:52 · answer #10 · answered by Spicoli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋