Are people so blind to actually believe that, simply because a politician runs under a certain moral issue, that he is just using that to win votes from religious?
Has Bush outlawed abortion? Has he lowered the crime rate? Has he NOT gone to war even though Pope John Paul II told him a pre-emptive strike was unethical?
This is not about Bush. This is about the idiocy that people believe politicians really care about religion and morals, they care about as much as they did about civil rights issues.
Let the madness begin....
2006-08-22 11:14:15 · 19 answers · asked by nathancarson23 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
alonso r: by saying-"Has he NOT taken us to war?" I was saying it in a way as such meaning he DID take us to war. If he were so religious and respectful of people he might at the very least think the Pope, a man with way more knowledge of christianity than him, and a longer history as a world leader, might be able to teach him a thing or two.
2006-08-22 13:09:00 · update #1
yeah, your right. they don't give a ****.
2006-08-22 11:16:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The doctrine of separation of church and state in the minds of the Constitution's framers was simply that the government should make no law requiring everyone to believe a certain state-sponsored religion and also that we could worship any legitimate religion we choose. We can also choose to not participate in any religion.
This has recently been taken a lot further and I believe such infringements on personal liberty are not called for in the Constitutiion. For example forbiding a prayer before a football game in a public school. This was not what our founding fathers thought they were creating.
2006-08-26 15:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by Big Bama Fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not so sure about the stuff you wrote under the "question", but, I want to know where the constitution talks about separation of church and state. It doesn't. It actually states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."
I guess, as you ramble, so shall I. What makes us value the freedom of speech so much more than the freedom of religion, when it was all in the same amendment?
2006-08-22 18:31:28 · answer #3 · answered by wbecca52 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keeping the two distinct is an important goal.
Some politicians respect that, some don't. And each one may have different reasons for what they say and what they ultimately do.
Some do campaign on religious issues, with no intent to carry through on their promises. Just like many politicians campaign on issues that they never intend to actively pursue. That's politics.
Some avoid religious issues, because they believe that politics and religion are distinct, and that what the law commands you to do should be unrelated to what the church commands you yo do.
And some campaign on religious issues, with every intent to vigorously pursue those through legislation, because they believe that they are entitled to impose their personal religious beliefs on others as a matter of law.
It all depends on the individual.
2006-08-22 18:16:48 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First you have to believe Bush is moral!
Secondly, he has no power to write a law outlawing abortion, but him and his father appointed 4 Supremes like Thomas and Scalia, which there are 7 of 9 republicans on the bench, several so far to the right they would make Genghis Khan look like a liberal!
Roe will be overturned by this Supreme court thanks to the 2 below 100 IQ Bushes!
2006-08-22 18:20:17 · answer #5 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
BEG YOUR PARDON!! Bush has not taken us to war? Then I guess the Gi's are killing themselves. If we stay in Irak for five more years, I'll bet you things still be the same. By the way, We may be at war with Siria and Iran. Don't forget Russia. And on the other side of the world, we have North Korea, to worry!!
2006-08-22 18:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by alfonso 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The State should stay out of the Church & the Church should stay out of the State. That is the main idea, non Catholics do not care what the Pope thinks, anymore than Catholics care what Muslims think. I do not want any religion deciding my politics & yes, I am Christian but also patriotic & take the Constitution serious.
2006-08-22 18:19:46 · answer #7 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Number one: There is no such thing as "separation of
church and state" in the constitution.
Number two: Yes on the rest of the questions.
2006-08-22 18:24:07 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church and state are seperate. Use of religion to win votes only attracts opposing religions not intended to set moral or ethical bounderies for an elected official. Only a set of known laws investigation, detection, evidentary pre-trail activities, trail and final courts decisions, after appeals used up. Set limits on overt behavior. Moral and ethical matter heart of religions have not standing in courts or legislatures. Public welfare standard with police powers of government set boundaries/ limit overt-visible human behaviors. Otherwise, parental training alone makes a final impression and transfer morailty/ethical behavior, voluntarily.
2006-08-22 18:21:52 · answer #9 · answered by Prince Saud 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your right about using religon to gain votes, but your wrong when you say Bush doesn't care, Bush does care, which is why he's so damn CRAZY!!! Didn't you see those interviews from a former cabinet member, who said that he thought he was the messiah, and that he had a dream where Jesus told him to invade Iraq...
2006-08-22 18:26:11 · answer #10 · answered by RATM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Q Public will never know what goes on in politics
many many very evil conniving manipulative officials make an absurd amount of money doing what they do, and I don't see them being willing to give it up
2006-08-22 18:22:14 · answer #11 · answered by Voodoo Doll 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋