Who else agrees that the seperation of Church and State is absolutely mandatory?

Answer 1

As somebody who has studied the US Constitution, it's in there. The 1st amendment....

it is mandatory, but it is being oddly interpreted nowadays, I agree. but not as badly as many would have you think.

Answer 2

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.
— The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

I do NOT see anything about separation or church and state here.

I see that the gov has no right telling me how to worship or exercising my beliefs. And nor does any moron that says "freedom from religion"!!! Tune me out, change the channel, or stop reading. Speaking of reading.. If you read the writings of our for fathers you will see we were a Nation under God for the people and by the people...But what did they know

Answer 3

There is no such thing as seperation of church and state and never will be it is unconstitutional. If you read every founding document of this country you will never find that term nor anything remotely suggesting that term. We have the right to practice our religion and the government can't do anything about it. Freedom of religion does not include freedom from religion.

As President Ronald Reagan once said "If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, we will be a nation gone under."

By the way God is not a religion, religion is the way that people believe in God or other higher beings or powers and practice that belief and worship that belief. You can believe in God and not believe, practice, or belong to any religion.

Answer 4

The subject is twisted and turned until the distinction is so blurred, that the mere mention of God brings out the screaming me-mes regarding the separation of church and state. How misguided can you get?

How many times must it be said that this was never included in the Constitution. The State shall promote no religion. Not having a state sponsored religion imposed upon the populace is very different than what you are addressing here.

Answer 5

I understand your frustration. the only good component right this is that we've in place a central authority that for the period of a small way nonetheless respects the Christian values with tips from persevering with to allow "nationwide trip journeys" that have a Christian history. i think of Christians ought to take heart in that and not get too disappointed over the shortcoming of ten commandments interior the homes and school prayer. All they are asserting is that the government can't/shouldn't help one faith over yet another. The founding fathers of our shape were subjected to an environment the place the government dictated the religion. They knew it wasn't precise and that they observed to it a provision combating the government from favoring one faith replaced into located interior the form from the very initiate. If we enable the ten commandments to be located in government homes then quickly different religions could have the constitutional precise to call for their Buddhas and the Koran, and Confucius, and so on...... Get it? we are greater efficient off with "permitting" human beings to wish at college on their very own particularly than being compelled to correctly known each and all the religions of the international. scholars CAN pray at college. The argument is that the college and the government can't sell Christianity over others. i admire having the liberty to wish as I choose. If a Buddhist stops beside me and prays on a similar time, ok. If a muslim drops to the floor beside me and prays, ok. purely see you later as they have not got the final suited to make me pray to THEIR GOD, i would be chuffed. we've FREEDOM of religion. Be happy for that. And the undeniable fact that we've an excellent sort of Christian trip journeys ought to tell you that maximum human beings of folk in congress have Christian history. have an excellent time, i think of it relatively is a competent factor.......

Answer 6

No I can not agree with your interpretation as it may differ from mine.....

Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. The letter contains the phrase "wall of separation between church and state," which led to the short-hand for the Establishment Clause that we use today: "Separation of church and state."

1)I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling in religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or free exercise of religion, but from that also which reserves to the states the powers not delegated to the United States. Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise or to assume authority in religious discipline has been delegated to the General Government. It must rest with the States, as far as it can be in any human authority (letter to Samuel Miller, Jan. 23, 1808).
2)No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any of these should consider a conquest over the conscience of men either attainable or applicable to any desirable purpose (Letters to the Methodist Episcopal Church at New London, Connecticut, Feb. 4, 1809).
3)In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the constitution independent of the power of the federal government. I have therefore undertaken, on no occasion, to prescribe the religious exercises suited to it; but have left them, as the constitution found them, under the direction of state or church authorities acknowledged by the several religious societies (Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address).
4)In justice, too, to our excellent Constitution, it ought to be observed, that it has not placed our religious rights under the power of any public functionary. The power, therefore, was wanting, not less than the will, to injure these rights (Letter to the Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pittsburg, Dec. 9, 1808).

Answer 7

If there's a separation of church and state, why does each session of Congress begin with a prayer? Why do Presidents put their hand on a bible and swear oath to the Constitution? Why does our money have "In God we trust"?

Answer 8

Separation of church and State - uhm, State can't control your religious practices or limit your religion or faith to a state held religion. Difference between separation FROM church and state. We are getting caught up in the semantics.
Our founding fathers wanted this to be a nation where everyone would be free to practice and openly express thier religious faith, if any. It was not to prevent being allowed to have anything that represents the state to not allow religious symbols on its property. . They would finally be FREE to practice their faith and not have to hide it or be persecuted for it. That's what made us a country people wanted to emigrate to originally. Then as time went by we undersold the freedom OF religion to capitalism and the American Dream!! Freedom OF Religion - not Freedom FROM religion - we are allowing a few who do not understand the constitution or even the English language dictate the terrible direction religious persecution is going in this country. Persecution is not to strong of a word to use - if we pretend that not being able to say Merry Christmas" in our workplace, state run or not, then we are in big trouble if it's not addressed as persecution. Not being able to freely express our faith is definitely against our constitutional rights. If someone(atheist) for example makes a big stink about it - we all bow to their "sensitivities". No more - no one is trying to convert anyone at Christmas or Hannukah or Ramadon - we are free--------supposedly. Why can one or two paranoid atheists bring about a fear in people that almost destroys the complete pulic expression of our faiths. I am not the least bit concerned that at Hannukah the Menorrha will do me any harm - I share with the Jewish people the blessings of their God, who is our God as well. He must be up their going, Good Lord, what are they doing? We are missing the point completely - English, simple - OF religion,
not FROM Religion. When a few people started to fight this documented constitutional freedom our country started on a downslide, morally. We kick God out and ask where He was at 9/11 or Katrina - he is not a vengeful God, he shows mercy and maybe we better wake up to the fact that he was merciful in Ny as well as Katrina - they were so horrible - but just think what it will be like when we don't have Him around at all - is this what we all want? A friend of mine had a 4th grader (9 yr. old daughter), who wrote Merry Christmas to her teacher on the botoom of her last test before Chritsmas - her teacher crossed it out and wrote Happy Holidays - a child, she was hurt and confused - who's responsible for the harm to that young girl? The state, again, cannot set or proclaim a mandatory religion, pure and simple, but we are free to express our religion anywhere we want to in this country - and we all better wake up to this soon - our freedoms as a citizen of this country are slowly being taken away and we sit by and wait......it's time to say we had enough......before it's too late. Repeated again sorry, to make a clear point - OF and FROM are two different words entirely......Freedom of Religion , Constitution of the United States, 1776-

Answer 9

I do, absolutely. Unless we all believed the same religion, as if that will ever happen. Is the separation of Church and State the state of affairs in the U.S., no.

Answer 10

The day they remove the speration of church and state is the day I leave this country.