Personally I support it because if you look to the middle east you can see that theocracies do not work and are riddled with sectarian violence.
2007-07-26 07:19:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I consider it essential to the functioning of any free society.
Religion and politics are both volatile emotional arenas, where tempers run high and there is a natural tendency to enforce your personal beliefs on others.
Allowing them to combine is almost a guarantee for abuse of power. As we can see in every-day examples where they try to merge.
2007-07-26 07:24:01 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is clearly necessary to not interfere with other people's ability to practice their faith. Allowing freedom of expression and worship is necessary in any free society. Congress should never hold one religion as better or more accurate than any other.
However, when it comes to individual members of Congress, the use of personal beliefs to make decisions is acceptable. I would also support the use of public money to fund organizations related to a church that do humanitarian work for their humanitarian work. Example, if Downtown Lutheran Church has a food shelf which serves all members of the community, I have no problem with funding this food shelf with pubic funds.
Churches should never donate to political campaigns or allow candidates to speak during a religious service. These would both clearly violate seperation of church and state.
2007-07-26 14:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I absolutely support the separation of church and state.
I believe in God and I am a Christian but as Americans, we have the freedom to worship as we choose. Just because I believe a certain way doesn't give me the right to impose my beliefs on others.
In order to guarantee that everyone has EQUAL rights, separation of church and state is imperative!
2007-07-26 14:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by hapetobme 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I support the separation of Church and State. That being said, the state needs to get rid of welfare (charity) the churches function. The state cannot declare religious holidays (Christmas, Easter, etc...) to be state holidays. The hypocrisy of this is insane.
2007-07-26 14:29:38 · answer #4 · answered by maxevans256 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I support it since there are many religious beliefs. The middle east is an example of Sunnis and Shias because of differences and both are of the Islamic religion
2007-07-26 14:25:14 · answer #5 · answered by American Dissenter 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you really read what it means in the US from our founding fathers statements to the letter that many quote that Jefferson wrote you will see it is not meaning that we can not express religious views in government it is that we will not establish one state religion as the UK did. Far left liberals use this issues wrongly to attack Christians and Jews in this country. The type of Judeo-Christian lifestyle that we desire for our country is no where like what you claim in the Middle East where there is one state religion.
2007-07-26 14:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The separation of church and state has been completely blown out of proportion. It is not in the constitution, as many people believe. The constitution simply states that there shall be no state religion. Nothing more, nothing less.
2007-07-26 14:31:09 · answer #7 · answered by Beth 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is not in the Constitution. It is Congress shall make no law in the establishment of or prevent the free expression of a religion. In other words they cannot establish a state own church.
2007-07-26 14:27:30 · answer #8 · answered by DALE M 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Church and state should be kept apart. History shows that when they are combined whether, Christian, Islamic or any other that the combination is troublesome at best.
2007-07-26 14:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's what separates us from countries like Iran.
2007-07-26 14:23:10 · answer #10 · answered by tiny Valkyrie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋