2006-11-15 12:00:19 · 12 answers · asked by Sam Y 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not on our coins, In God We Trust, or in our Pledge of Allegiance, with the words "under God".
2006-11-15 12:02:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
TO be honest, I dont believe there is a true seperation of church and state. That's why its hard to find the seperation. Our president is deeply relgious and he uses his religious beliefs to run our country, there's no speration. That was just a good example.
But if you're looking for where it came from:
"The phrase "separation of church and state" does not appear in the Constitution, but rather is derived from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to a group identifying themselves as the Danbury Baptists. In that letter, quoting the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, he writes: "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between Church and State." Letter to Danbury Baptists (1802) "
2006-11-15 20:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by sugar_twilight 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole concept of the phrase "Separation of Church and State" was to ensure that the state/gov could not start it's own church or force it's people to only belong to the church that they sanction. As what England did. And why alot of people came to this continent to get away from.
The very fact that the Supreme Court holding open court on this subject is, out and out, a violatiion of our country's rule of
" Separation of Church and State"
2006-11-15 20:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by jgood_50 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Separation of church and state doesn't mean to take god out of the Gov't it means that there are not supposed to be any state-funded churches nowhere in the constitution does it mention the exact words a wall of seperation of church and state in the constitution it says that the gov't cannot fund churches thats it
2006-11-15 20:05:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should the President be impeached for blurring the separation of Church and State?
2006-11-15 20:06:56 · answer #5 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Between the church and the state.
2006-11-15 20:02:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First amendment of the Constitution has what is called the Establishment Clause.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
What our founding fathers were saying: "Hey, Congress is not going to make any laws that are for or against any one religion. Ontop of that, congress will not prohibit a person's freedom to worship and exercise their religion."
Unfortunately, as in most things dealing with any thing involving religion, it has been taken out of context. People automatically see the first part and say...
"Well right there, that means there is a seperation of church and government. So, ok Mr. Senator... um you can't carry that bible with you when you go to meetings. And, uh, you there, third grade teacher, you need to get rid of that rosary from your desk. Oh, yeah, scuse us, Mr. Police Officer, yeah, put the koran away, not allowed."
What they were really saying is that government should not get involved with people's religious preferences, and that said people should be allowed to worship freely.
I for one don't see a problem with the third grade teacher, who on her lunch break, prays the rosary. I don't see a problem with the Police Officer, who before his shift prays to Allah. I definitely don't see a problem with the Senator who prays before each vote he casts.
The problem with this nation is that too many people look at what they can do to protect THEIR rights, and not enough about what they can do to protect the rights of others.
2006-11-15 20:11:23 · answer #7 · answered by Darius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Unlike many countries around the world, the United States mandates full religious freedom in its Constitution. No government official or politician can tell you which faith to follow. That very personal decision is made by each individual. Without this right to worship as we see fit, Americans would not be truly a free people."...
excerpt from:
http://www.au.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_brochure_legacy
2006-11-15 20:45:19 · answer #8 · answered by Kenneth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in the Bill of Rights, technically. But it is better stated this way, in spite of the way it is applied:
Separation of State FROM Church.
2006-11-15 20:09:18 · answer #9 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the united states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
2006-11-15 20:05:13 · answer #10 · answered by PandaMan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well - I know where it's NOT found - in the U.S. Constitution.
Nowhere in the Constitution, Bill of Rights or in any of the Amendments does that phrase exist.
2006-11-15 20:03:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋