Do you believe in the separation of church (religious organizations) and state (the Federal Govt.)? Would you vote for someone who, like Barak Obama, wants to be America's President and rule as an "Instrument of God?"
2007-10-08 11:54:40 · 6 answers · asked by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
To Matt W; I'm very familiar w/the 1st amendment. I don't think our founders wanted "an instrument of God" to be President. Yes, they were religious, but they believe in govt. by, for, and of the People, not of any religion.
2007-10-08 12:55:13 · update #1
yes i believe in the seperation of church and state. but what does that mean? it means that laws will not be made or passed based on a perception of "what God would want". that's it, nothing more. doesn't mean a kid can't say a prayer in school. doesn't mean God's name can't be mentioned at graduation ceremonies. doesn't mean religious people can't serve. doesn't even mean the 10 commandments can't be displayed at a public location. most seperation groups or activists go way too far, i suspect because they just don't like religion. but those people are an obstacle to freedom every bit as much as the holy roller who wants this and that illegal because he thinks "God would want it that way". remember, all seperation of church and state means is that laws won't be passed because "God would want it that way".
2007-10-08 12:10:03 · answer #1 · answered by White 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Please go back and read the Constitution. The "separation" mentioned in the question is an admonition to keep the country from "establishing" a Church (meaning to make one particular denomination official and funneling tax revenues to that one particular denomination. There was no prohibition against having a person of faith as a member of Congress, the Executive or the Judiciary. As a matter of fact, it was accepted that the leaders would be men of faith.
2007-10-08 12:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by Matt W 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Separation of church and State is very important.
2007-10-08 12:16:52 · answer #3 · answered by janine o 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do believe that religion should have no effect on government. In my view, it would be amazing if this were to happen, unfortunately, religion does effect government because many of the politicians' values come from their religion. Religion has also affected the abortion issue the ethical questions of cloning and stem cell research. Basically, religion still has a major effect on politics, unfortunately.
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2007-10-08 12:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by lordofthegods13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that something? He sounds like a radical Muslim to me. Kind of like Osama. This is one time I will be grateful to the racists in our country. They will help us defeat this idiot.
2007-10-08 16:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, just stop now.
Being guided by principle and demanding the same by all supporters is not on any Democrats agenda.
The blind leading the blind only works on Republican sheep.
2007-10-08 12:11:29 · answer #6 · answered by navymom 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋