What do you think about religion being a part of our governments?

Question

Why does religion have to be a part of our governments?

I am from Canada and it seems as though religion is in every nations government. There is such a thing as morals but thats comman sense. Why do we have to base our morals on religious teachings? Why do we have these laws that only seem to pertain to the residance of our nations that live here hundreds of years ago. Now our society is so diverse that our religious beliefs in our laws dont benifit those of different religions. I think its bias and unfair.If we are one nation then lets have laws thats will be universal enough as to meet everybodys standards and not just a percentage of people. Can we truly become one nation as a hole and accomadate every religion?

Answer 1

Religion and government are like oil and water - both useful in and of themselves, but not good when you try to mix them together. I am troubled that the far religious right currently has so much influence over the current U.S. administration because the end result has been to take away our rights and set us back at least a hundred years. I respect anyone's right to worship as they believe as long as it does no harm to anyone but government is for all people in each country, not just the one's whose beliefs parallel the people in charge. The best example I've seen firsthand is the result of mixing the two, because I live in Utah. It's taken a very long time for our state and local government to crack down on polygamy WHEN it involves underage girls being forced to marry much older men. There are still those who argue that these people are just practicing their religion, however how does a 13 year old girl resist a marriage arranged by her father? And most people would agree that 13 is too young to be married let alone have a child yet that's what is taken for granted in those circles. Because so many elected officials in Utah have a connection to polygamy (former Governor Michael Leavitt's great grandparents) there was virtually no attention paid to the dirty little secret of polygamy. But now that we have a different governor, there's been a definite change in attitude towards the infamous Hildale and Colorado City polygamous communities, and their leader Warren Jeff's is now on the FBI's most wanted list and a fugitive. And that's just one example of how religious beliefs can affect how elected officials conduct themselves.

Answer 2

In a certain conditions like the same religion is all over the country or if it was a country of more than one but the religions are alike in some things i think it would be for good for religion to be apart of our governments

Answer 3

Given that morals are based on religious beliefs as are most laws.... why, in the world, is this a real problem?

Answer 4

I think there should be a definite separation of church and state.

It won't happen though, because there will always be someone in politics who will use their religious beliefs to try to impose their own moral or religious belifes on people who do not believe as they do.

Answer 5

It's a travesty, in the US, you have to put your hand on a bible in court, and say under God in the pledge of allegiance... Also there was a bill to put the ten commandments in public places, and congressman proposing it couldn't name the ten commandments... See the COlbert Report.

Answer 6

what easily "sturdy" for the everyone appears to be like we prevented from making...i remember the the ten commandments were in college alongside with prayer and the biggest situation in college then develop into chewing gum...we've taken faith out of school and allowed to make "sturdy" alternatives yet how has college gotten better...except you concentration on transferring faraway from non secular values as being better...

Answer 7

mayb its just urs but the united states constitution is like BASED on the bible so basically it is.

i tink its just ur country becus we dont have that stuf anymore.