Why do people say Christians want to change the constitution?

Question

There is nothing in the constitution about seperation of Church and State.

What we want is to go back to the constitution instead of allowing Judges to enforce their interpretation of the law, when all they can do is give an opinion. It is up to the President to enforce the law or not.

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Why is this misused in schools to ban things such as prayer, teaching creationism even as a theory, and many many other misuses of it?

Answer 1

The "separation of church and state" idea came from a private letter written by Thomas Jefferson. So you're right, it's NOT in the Constitution. The problem is, most Americans don't know what the Constitution says, because they've never read it.

The liberals are the ones trying to rewrite it. Gay marrage is another example.

Answer 2

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

That was the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution. It describes a seperation between church and state by decreeing basically that the state neither prohibit religious freedom nor make any laws favoring a religion.

That's number one.

Number 2 is that they seem to want to amend the constitution to dictate a definition of 'marriage' so that not everyone has marriage rights.

Get it?

Answer 3

Um.. prayer wasnt banned in schools..
Just school support of it.

My neices pray all the time, but on their own time & break, never in class or by a government official (teacher).


However, on the question, christians mistakenly believe the founders were christian when by their own letters & words, they mostly were not.

Answer 4

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