Has freedom of religion gone too far in the US?

Question

Defend your answers with some facts.

Answer 1

The original intent of freedom of religion is fine. However the church is becoming merged with the government now and that is a no-no. I see no one stopping it though we are freeing religious ran countries. Religion here is becoming too involved in government now.

Answer 2

Until all religious views are recognized by the United States, then we don't have freedom of religion. President Bush himself denied Paganism as a religion. So I cannot righfully answer this question, as without freedom of religion it can not go to far.

Answer 3

I do not believe so. You only have religious freedom if you believe in the proper religion. There have been instances where not having the right religion has caused people to be fired from their jobs, and or caused people to have to file bankuptcy because not enough people would do business with them.

If you have the right religion you can worship in public or talk about it freely. If you choose to talk in public about your religion that is not accepted as the right one, you can be ridiculed, or attacked.

Answer 4

I believe that some religious people have gone too far in imposing their beliefs unto people that do not share them.

This country was founded on the belief that government should not force any one religion or religious belief onto its people. If a religious group lobbies to form laws that force their way of life/belief onto non-believers or remove the rights of others that do not share them – then, it is my belief they have gone too far. Just because they believe their way is the right way doesn’t mean I have to or should be forced to agree with them.

Take the issue of marriage. Many religious groups believe this is wrong between two people of the same sex, it goes against their religious beliefs. They state that marriage should only be a holy union between single a man and single a woman – they have no problem with two heterosexual people that don’t believe in their god getting married though. So clearly it’s not a matter of belief in those cases, nor is it a case of holy wedlock if those people don’t believe in God. However, if two same sex persons, who could possibly believe in God wish to marry – it’s wrong. Does that make sense?

In my opinion - Marriage in the church should be a totally different thing then marriage in the eyes of the state/government. Just because two religious people get married in the eyes of their church shouldn’t make them legally married in the eyes of the government, nor for that matter in the eyes of other religions. If two people wish to get married in the eyes of the government then they should be allowed to do so and that marriage should have no bearing in the eyes of any religious group.

If it’s the name/term that bothers people then fine change the term/name used. People are married in the church, but they don’t get any state/federal/government/civic benefits until they are also in a “civic union” – after all, your religious marriage really should only grant you the rights provided to you by your religion – Such things as tax breaks, visiting your religious spouse in the hospital, etc are not granted by your religion, they are granted by your government and only come after the civic union has been done (or paper work filled out, etc)

If anyone wants to hear more, drop me a line.

Answer 5

No, freedom of/from religion has no limits. It's a personal choice, government has no say in what one thinks/believes.

Answer 6

umm no - this whole country started so that people could practice their own religion and not be forced to be with just the anglican church of england. maybe you should define "too far"

Answer 7

Yes.All Muslims are blamed for 9-11.'Cos they called it Jihad.But Jihad can only be done for religions not for races.Terrorists attacked to innocent people.They didn't warn or mentioned.Just attacked.

Answer 8

kinda truth,so call religions like raelians are on the loose,destroying peoples lives...