Thomas Jefferson refered to a wall of seperation between Church and State. Lets say between 0 and 10 feet (10 being max seperation), how high should the wall be between Church and State?
2007-01-02 17:02:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
That's a tough question. The wall should be high enough so that the government is not engulfed by a particular religion (like England tried to do with the Anglican Church in America) but low enough to protect freedom of religion and speech (not totally ban religion). So maybe about 5 feet. Hope that makes sense.
2007-01-02 17:37:27 · answer #1 · answered by JudiBug 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
10
2007-01-03 15:13:36 · answer #2 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to figure in the variables, there is a lot of religions so should you think about letting all the religions having some of the pie or just a select group.
2007-01-03 01:06:12 · answer #3 · answered by AD 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
High enough to keep one church from ruling the government and the government from ruling one church.
2007-01-03 01:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For your answer, how about we ask how much we want the government interfering with the operations/expressions of religious institutions. I don't recall a single instance of the government meddling in the affairs of private places of worship.
There is only a problem when religious types try to impose their beliefs within the public realm.
If you want a 10ft wall to keep the government out of your places of worship, then you should also want a 10ft wall to keep religion out of the government.
2007-01-03 01:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
10' our founding fathers knew that the influence of the church could only lead to harm and loss of liberty
2007-01-03 06:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by paulisfree2004 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You are being theoretical...and so was he
I will put it this way, when your freedom of religion infringes on my constitutional rights that's where the wall begins.
2007-01-03 01:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by dstr 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Considering the Founding Fathers, would it be safe to say Mr.Jefferson was almost alone in this thought?
Or have the historical revisionist grave-robbers perverted his words?
2007-01-03 01:15:12 · answer #8 · answered by Archaic Aperture 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Anyway the typical liberal chips and chips at the wall at every turn. So it doesen't matter how high the Liberal will do its best to knock it down.
2007-01-03 01:56:08 · answer #9 · answered by caciansf 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know how tall he wanted the wall to be, but knowing Jefferson he would probably have used slaves to build it, so maybe that's not the best way to go.
2007-01-03 01:19:24 · answer #10 · answered by brickity hussein brack 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋