2006-07-31 10:35:41 · 19 answers · asked by angel 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
because the vatican is considered a soverign country.......
2006-07-31 10:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by UCSC Slugmaster 4 · 10⤊ 4⤋
Vatican City is actually a sovreign country, so it has every right to open an embassy in the US with our permission. It's not a violation of seperation of church and state because the embassy is just a representative of Vatican City, but it does not have any real say in our government.
2006-07-31 17:39:56 · answer #2 · answered by Archangeleon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to me it is quite simple,the vatican have an embassy in the usa for the reason of keeping intouch with the powers of the usa as they have a lot to do with issues involving the world,and being usa the strongest political country that what they say usually goes on a global scale,and the vatican going by predictions for the future believe they will be safe in america.
2006-07-31 17:48:37 · answer #3 · answered by Ern M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... the Vatican is a sovereign country. As such, the vatican is entitled to have an embassy in every country which has diplomatic relations with it.
Separation of church and state has nothing to do with that. It is about not letting religion influence government and legislation in your own country.
2006-07-31 17:41:39 · answer #4 · answered by cmm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, the 'separation of church and state,' as the founders of America intended it, was that there would be no official American denomination (as in most European countries), and that the government would not interfere with religious worship (as the saying of the late 1700's went, "there needed to be a wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the state.")
Secondly, Vatican City is a soverign nation, recognized by the UN.
2006-07-31 17:40:51 · answer #5 · answered by flyersbiblepreacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First...the separation of church and state that you speak of has nothing to do with the way you speak of. Read in the constitution, your separation is not there. It is worded to where the government cannot support a certain religion by taxes (although they do now...humanism...), as was first done with the Methodist and Anglican churches when our country was founded.
Second, the Vatican is in itself a country. Those who are Roman Catholic are citizens of the Vatican as well as the US.
2006-07-31 17:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by indiebaptist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. An embassy is an embassy regardless of whether the mission is from a democracy, a theocracy, a hierocracy, a monarchy, an autocracy or any other form of state. The host nation can choose to deny any application to open an embassy on their soil, for any reason, including political relations or ideological mismatches.
2006-07-31 17:47:06 · answer #7 · answered by Mikkel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, it is not a violation of church and state because the Vatican is considered its own sovereign nation. Besides if you really think about we have never had true separation of church and state. Look at the money in your pocket...it still says "in God we trust". We still say in one nation under God in our schools. I hope this answered your questions.
2006-07-31 17:40:28 · answer #8 · answered by Bigbabii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
The US Constitution only prohibits Congress from establishing an official state religion.
Having diplomatic relations with the Vatican is in no way establishing an official American state religion.
We have diplomatic relations with China and Vietnam -- but that doesn't mean we are establishing, endorsing, or even approving of Communism.
2006-07-31 17:41:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vatican isn't part of our nation and neither is it's embassy.
2006-07-31 17:40:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like everyone said the Vatican is its own country. I just posted so I could tell GiGi to grow a brain.
2006-07-31 17:41:18 · answer #11 · answered by darkenbinary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋