Separation of church from state. Did you now it does not mention that in the constitution anywhere?

Question

Yes no where in there dose it say it. But it does make reference to god in there. And that where that thing comes from is a letter from one of the founding fathers, and what he meant was the country should not be ruled under one religion.

Answer 1

The founding fathers were mostly deists, not christians and they came to the new world in search of freedom from religious persecution. Freedom of religion or a lack of are protected under the bill of rights. In order to protect all from religious persecution the government is not supposed to make laws that discriminate against non-believers. That in effect makes a seperation of church and state. Don't worry though conservative lobbyists can get around these laws for the most part.

Answer 2

separation of church and state is a two way street. the implications of what the constitution says about religion seem to misconstrue that the state should not influence the church. while that is true, it also means the church should not influence the state. it all comes together in the first amendment which requires freedom from religious persecution from the government. for the government to carry out this guarunteed liberty of freedom of religion, it must function independently of any religion therefore bias cannot dictate unequal treatment for a particular religion. and for the religion to function freely as it was intended by the founding fathers, the same is true that if religion is involved in government, it would guaruntee the unfair treatment of opposing religions.

the fact is that due the the enlightenment, most of our founding fathers were actually athiests and agnostics, designating the word 'god' in the constitution as a conceptual image of any american citizen's idea of what they designate as god.

Answer 3

"Separation of church and state" is implied in the Constitution. The Constitution garuantees freedom of religion(belief) and equal protection under the law. Many take that to mean government neutrality toward religion.

Answer 4

I will say I am with you that I am tired of people making attacks on Christmas. If people hate Christmas that much they should volunteer to work on Christmas without holiday pay to prove their conviction. See if anyone takes that one! lol! You are right that the religion of our country is not atheism, no matter what anyone says, even though people are trying to destroy the principles this country was founded on that made it great in the first place.

Answer 5

The 1st amendment implies it very well. No one religion shall be put on a high pedistal or held in higher regard than another, and no one wil be forbidden to practice their faith, whatevver it may be.

And there is NO mention of God in the Constitution

Answer 6

Everyone knows there is no specific mention of said separation. That said, there's not actually a mention of God specifically either. "All men are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights." The forefathers were rather careful not to mention any specific God, god, or gods.

Answer 7

The founding fathers wanted a seperation of church and state because if not they would conderdict one another! Capital punishment counterdicts church law! Wars counterdicts,church law!abortion is another,and divorce is another. Get the picture!

Answer 8

It was also common for congress to show up drunk to meetings, and the original structure was treated as a Joke. I'm just saying not to put too value into the original law as much as the fundamental ideas (in this case equality).

Answer 9

great huh? 'cept for the masonic religion that's ruling the country & doesn't seem to like the constitution.

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