Thomas Jefferson said "Erecting the 'Wall of Separation' between church and state ...is absolutely essential in a free society.
The Moral Majority (fundamentalists, evangelicals, etc.) hold 60% of the vote and growing. I find this alarming. Does anyone else?
2006-08-23 16:09:14 · 17 answers · asked by dvjduchess@verizon.net 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No way. When Bush publicly says his decisions, like not supporting stem cell research, are because of his religious beliefs, then there is no separation of church and state.
2006-08-23 16:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by commonsense 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OF COURSE IT STILL DOES. Do you miss all the rage the public has kicked up about court room displays of the ten commandments??? This example alone should answer your question. Just to let you know...the secular world is winning in this country. The displays of the ten commandments are coming down all over the country.
Well if you say that the "Moral Majority" controls 60% of the vote then I'd like to see two things happen.
a) The "Moral Majority" do something about the out of control, hateful secular world.
b) For you to do anything about it.
That was a little harsh, I'm sorry. The constitution of this great nations says that steps must be take to protect the minorities of this nation to ensure that everyone has the same rights in regard to basic freedoms. BUT... that does not mean that the minority gets to RUN the democratic government. Face the facts. If 60% of the vote (we'll have to check on those figures) is controlled by the religious conservatives then we are just gonna have to deal with that...that's how democracy works...
Unless you'd prefer Communism???
2006-08-23 23:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by Kyle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've ever seen how the government works here, you can obviously see that there really is no separation between church and state. Students are told in some schools to rise up and have a moment of silence... why? Just because before it was silence it was a prayer, but why should the kids have to rise up even if they don't say the prayer or use up that moment of silence?
Look at the whole gay marriages thing... is there really an honest reason why gay people shouldn't marry? Marriage has existed in all cultures and doesn't have to be a religious thing... Yet there's laws against it put by right wing religious tyrants.
The reason why the laws of this country work is because they were set up by people with tolerance (for that time) but over time things such as the church has only corrupted this great nation.
2006-08-23 23:19:57 · answer #3 · answered by GrimReaper1546 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just want to point out that the Moral Majority is not moral like someone said. These are the absolutely most evil members of our society. More damaging to the world than terrorists, pedophiles, rapists, murderers, or thieves. Because christians and the Moral Majority are the leading perpretrators of these crimes.
2006-08-23 23:16:11 · answer #4 · answered by John D 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The line is getting very thin and as for the majority, they are already immoral! Not all, but most. They created laws of the land based off of the laws of GOD! Yet the moolah we make states "IN GOD WE TRUST", but you can't post the 10 commanments on gov/city property? What a OXYMORON!!
2006-08-23 23:21:39 · answer #5 · answered by Ms. Ladeshug 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that there is a seperation between church and state. Meaning that, our government does not force us to attend church or mass or whatever your particular religon calls its gathering of prayer. However, our country was founded on Christian principles and that there is a God that our government believes in. Who's God does the Government believe in, its up to each citizen of our country and their own personal beliefs, but our government does not tell us which one is the right one to believe in.
2006-08-23 23:19:19 · answer #6 · answered by hammerhead_jd 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not to answer a question with a question but is there something wrong with moral people holding the vote, or are you suggesting that our country would be better with immoral people running our government?
2006-08-23 23:13:05 · answer #7 · answered by John 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, i am alarmed. I do see evidence of that separation disappearing but currently we haven't lost enough to say that we DON'T have separation... i hope that day never comes.
"The last time we let religion into government people got burned at the stake"
--Annonymous
2006-08-23 23:17:38 · answer #8 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
With the mind-set of the current administration the separation is non-existent.
2006-08-23 23:14:48 · answer #9 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yup. If we really wanted seperation of church and state there would have to be a rule about only electing athiests.
2006-08-23 23:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by robbet03 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋