Aren't the political activities of the christian right and some of the actions and statements of American politicians (from Bush down) unconstitutional?
2007-10-21 22:06:50 · 17 answers · asked by dlm 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don not wish to deny anyone the freedom of speech, but refer to actions such as insisting on the teaching of creationism rather than evolution. Or in more general terms, I dislike the attitude 'you can't be a good American id you don't believe in god'. These are beliefs that are 'fine' (?) within your church, but not within the government. And btw, I am British.
2007-10-21 22:46:05 · update #1
Yes. As I Brit, I find it depressing that the 'Nobel Experiment' has gone so badly astray. When you read the inspirational works of the 'founding fathers', and get a glimpse of how they envisaged their secular republic developing, it almost makes you cry to compare it with Bush's America!
2007-10-21 22:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 8⤊ 2⤋
The US constitution also states all men (I prefer the phrase human beings) are equal, but are they treated equally? No.
Slaves didn't count as human beings and that's how they got around being constitutional. It is sad.
Religions all over the world have hindered the progress of human civilisation for thousands of years. USA is supposed to be a secular nation, but the show is pretty much run by Christians who don't want to recognise that non-Christians and gay people deserve equal human rights.
Discriminating against people who are not same as the majority and who refuse to conform, is indeed unconstitutional.
2007-10-22 03:19:30 · answer #2 · answered by balgownie34 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Consider that taxing the churches ( religions ) on all things that any business is taxed is NOT unconstitutional . Yet the religions are all tax free .
This is because many many leaders from Mohammed to Bush depended on courting the power of the religious vote in order to get and stay in power . In the USA the Irish and Italian Catholic vote was very important as was the Jewish vote .
C B , as an American possibly I can give you some information :
Going to church is not in conflict with shooting someone . The Bible is full of "acceptable" violence .
The death penalty is seldom used in the US so it detrerrent effect is nil .
It would clearly be unwise to leagalize every drug such as crack ( rock cocaine ) and Crystal Meth and whatever new one comes along . I think Heroine should be allowed as part of medical treatment for the addiction . But most of the damage to our society is being done by the sale to people addicted to crack and powder cocaine . This drug is very dangerous and it's use is very bad for society . Even worse than Heroine and Alcohol . The reaon it cost us billions is because we are a target market for Afganistan Dealers who find easy distributors in poor under age ( under 18 years old ) people who can not be punished to any significant extent .
2007-10-21 22:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by allure45connie 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Was it? I mean was US founded as a secular republic? My - albeit sometimes vague - historical knowledge tends to suggest that the US was founded by the Pilgrim Fathers - a fairly devout group of people who were fleeing religious persecution in Europe. Even the founding of 'modern' US after the War of Independence was marked by a show of some religious fervour. US is 'the land of the free'. Right? So once you people freely elect a Prersident - or anyone else come to think about it - then you hae to take reponsibility for your own actions!
2007-10-21 22:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I do not no the details of the constitution but I know that it guarantees freedom of speech. US society is full of contradictions. 60-70% of people attend church but it is possible to buy automatic weapons to shoot people trespassing on your property. Many states have capital punishment as the "ultimate deterrent" but murder rates are among the highest in the world. Billions of dollars are spent on the fight on drugs but drug use is rife and growing. Prohibition of alcohol in the twenties led to the growth in organised crime but the lesson has not been learned with drug use.
I am sure that any US citizen could point to inconsistencies in UK society
2007-10-21 22:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The USA was founded on the belief in God BUT with a freedom of religion so each person could worship as they please.
You should do some research before posting things you don't know about
2007-10-22 00:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The United States of America was founded as a secular republic by VERY religious, God-fearing Christians. They were not anti-God, they just didn't want the church to "rule" like the Catholic Church did in Europe and later, the Church of England.
2007-10-21 22:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I won't speak about your Constitution because I am not American, but what I will say is, that for a country which was founded as a secular republic, you have a terrible reputation for breeding bible thumping crazy religious folk
I don't know how a country so 'secular' managed to spawn a society so wrapped up in absurd religious ideas. You know, the whole fire and brimstone rubbish...
2007-10-21 22:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by HP 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
The only way for them to be unconstitutional would be if they violated some provision of the Constitution. If you can find such a provision that they violate, then yes. I suspect the answer is "no", though, because otherwise there would be lawsuits out the wazoo about them.
2007-10-21 22:11:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
I think we should ban all Mosques and every other such places in the United States
2007-10-21 22:28:27 · answer #10 · answered by Optimist E 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋