How's that seperation of church and state thing coming along?

Answer 1

Not so good, look at my vid.

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson! You're back, and looking well! Who knew there were living Deists still?Church and State separation is a problem that continues in the U.S., but I think all positive indicators possible are present. Things will be better. The Democrats will embrace the Progressives and the Liberals, and leave God out of the whole thing. In 2000, The Republicans (not conservatives, but radicals of a Religious Right agenda) framed the debate as "It's God..or them!" The Democrats and the U.S. have suffered long enough for the Supreme Court's selection or our current occupant of the White House. The U.S. will suffer no more. Church and State will be separated. Whether or not the Church will benefit as much from that as everyone else is what nobody is quite sure of, yet. I don't care what their feelings are on that, or any, subject, which is why I read print sources of media online from a variety of sources from all over the World, and never watch Fox News (except last month for the election coverage) it was too funny to not watch just that victorious night.
I hope this gives you hope! :)
As for 1984, we're already there in this Brave New World of ours and there may be no turning back, but Big Brother is watching them too (those crazy religious nutcases who watch Fox News) so I think we'll all be pretty safe. How free we'll be all depends on the ACLU at this point. I love them. I trust them. I am a card-carrying member!
:) SMILE!
Peace and Happy Holidays!
May the God of your choice bless you, Thomas Jefferson!!!!
yoUUrs trUUly,
Andi

Answer 3

Thomas Jefferson would NEVER have approved what is passed off as his "Separation of Church and State" metaphor as it is today.

What is more puzzling than the continual historical distortion of Jefferson’s views is the fact that they matter at all in this debate. Jefferson’s metaphor has become a canonized gloss on the First Amendment, despite the man’s noticeable absence from this country during both the Constitutional Convention and the debate on the Bill of Rights during the First Federal Congress (he was the U.S. Minister to France); not to mention the fact that Jefferson was never on the Supreme Court. And there is no evidence that the phrase to which so much attention is now paid, was ever again uttered or written by Jefferson after he penned it in 1802.

Answer 4

It is fulfilling what has been prophecied in Revelation 13. The United States of America as the super power and the global policeman will join forces with the super church to enforce religious observance with a sanction against transgressors in the form of deprivation of basic human needs such as to buy or sell, or in short a capital punishment equals to death. When this happens, the American Constitution is completely down the drains.

Answer 5

Mr. President:
You know that the current interpretation is not what your original intent was. I wish you would come back and tell the ACLU about civil liberties.
The government is not to run any religious organization that doesn't mean it is supposed to neglect the church and make the founding principles a mere memory.
Thanks for checking in with us TJ- Merry Christmas.

Answer 6

Hey there tom. How's things in Virginia. I'll be traveling there in about 3 hrs. to spend Christmas with the family. I will be wearing my University of Virginia jacket and hat. You remember, the college that you founded! Have a nice night, and maybe I'll pass by your old homeplace. Goodnite my friend.

Answer 7

It's not...Because the majority of our gov't make up is some kind of Protestant they often forget the Constitution and try to infuse their beliefs upon everyone else...I feel like they're worse than the door-door Jehovah's Witnesses at times. And this is coming from a Christian, just so you know...

Answer 8

I believe it's been working fine, for the most part.

It has kept religion out of schools. And it's getting somewhere in taking, "under god," our of the pledge.

The church is trying to weasel around it every chance it gets, but they are also failing on all fronts.

Answer 9

You'll note the amendment to which you're referring doesn't actually mention keeping church and state separate anywhere. Perhaps because they were never meant to be.

Answer 10

Um, GW called it a "bridge between church and state" - no really. We could use a little help here.

Answer 11

The state has screwed up the country so I guess it went well, you should be glad your dead because you would hate too see what the country has turned into.