what are some instances of church vs. government, what laws separate church from state?

Answer 1

"Separation of church and state" is a farce. It is not a Constitutional ammendment or any kind of governing law or authority. It was simply a quote from Thomas Jefferson, and nothing more.

However, many atheists, humanists, and liberals use this quote to further their political and social agenda with their attempts at removing anything related to the Judeo-Christian faith from every vestige of our society. And liberal judges are on their side.

The Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Many people seem to overlook the "prohibiting the free exercise thereof" part. How these arguments get past Supreme Court rulings still remain a mystery.

Answer 2

Derived from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . ." The phrase separation of church and state was introduced by Thomas Jefferson in an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists. The phrase itself does not appear in the constitution, or any other founding American document, but it has been quoted in several opinions handed down by the United States Supreme Court.

Actions that would be considered separation would be that no public government buildings can display the markings, or scripture of any one religion (ie the Ten Commandments at the Capitol building, or court house) - This would mean to many that the government is favoring one religion over another.

So if the government allows a Christian church to have a meeting on government property, it has to grant EQUAL time and space to other groups and religion; which is why its just better for the government to just say, "sorry, not here" than to deal with the headaches and of course, protest by the public of "equal" time.

Many forget that the "free exercise thereof" in the First Amendment that the government will not limit your freedom of expressing your beliefs; not stop you from preaching or spreading your beliefs ; not stop a church of any religion to build their buildings as long as it is lawful