Shouldn't the Constitution prevent all non-christians from being President of America? Afterall, this IS a Christian Nation. Most people don't think we evolved from a bunch of dim-witted monkies!
2007-11-15 04:08:04 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Amendment 1: Congress shall make NO LAW [emphasis added] respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
How exactly IS America a Christian Nation? There is absolutely no argument you could make that would justify anything you just said. A person's religion should have no influence on their potential to make laws and enact policy.
This was clearly posted just to entice posters into an argument with you and has ZERO intellectual merit. In fact, you have even posted other questions stating that people shouldn't wish others a "merry Christmas" because you aren't a Christian and it offends you. Clearly you are using Yahoo Answers to bait people into fights with you, which is extremely pathetic!
2007-11-15 18:06:42 · answer #1 · answered by LSU 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its NOT a Christian Nation. Nowhere does the Constitution mention Jesus. The dim witted monkees are watching as this debate continues, but we still have a secular government and a Constitutional separation between church and state.
If the US was a theocracy...then that would be a different story. Thankfully we are NOT a Christian nation; just a nation that has a lot of Chritians in it.
Some can't grasp this distinction.
2007-11-15 04:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
Please obtain a copy of our Constitution and read it thoroughly. If you need help understanding it there are websites that can help you with this. There is nothing about the United States being a Christian Nation. In fact, the founders took great care to ensure that they didn't favor any religion and made sure religious fanatics had no route to take if they desired to try the tactic you just did. God bless their wisdom, they protected us all from folks like yourself.
2007-11-15 04:26:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No because you are flat out wrong in every single way
America has never been, is not, and should never become a Christian nation. The Founding Fathers themselves said USA was not a Christian nation.
2007-11-15 04:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
It really shouldn't matter if the next President is religious or not.
It's not like voters are trying to determine who should be the next Pope or Archdiocese of the Catholic Church of Boston or see if any of the Democratic candidates are of Muslim origin.
I think Americans in general are sick and tired of the religious innuendos and realize that the Constitutions does not limit itself to only Christians but it is the one piece of federal law that adheres to all Americans!
2007-11-15 04:24:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Religion/lack there of has no place in our Constitution.
Saying an Atheist can't run for President would be a violation of the separation of Church and State, same as saying a Christian couldn't, or a Deist... or whatever.
The people will vote for what they want.. so they must be given all options. That's part of Majority Rules.
2007-11-15 04:11:25 · answer #6 · answered by pip 7 · 15⤊ 0⤋
commonplace misinformed nonsense. united statesa. isn't a Christian usa that's a rustic based by ability of Christians. on an identical time as a lot of our regulations are observed from the ten commandments(between the reasons you will see them displayed in courthouses,and the clarification liberals attempt to get them bumped off)by ability of no ability became it ever meant that our usa be a theocracy.
2016-09-29 07:17:19 · answer #7 · answered by polmanteer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America is a nation of religious freedom. The bigots who want to discriminate against those who don't happen to belong to a particular faith are unAmerican--and unChristian.
But they do have a point about evolution. The right-wing didn't evolve from dim-witted monkeys. Even though the rest of the human race did.
2007-11-15 04:20:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Just how would it be possible to prove that they're not an Atheist? Would enhanced interrogation techniques be useful in determining their beliefs? Maybe we could get a message from God, or maybe God could do an interview on Fox News to promote the "chosen one" for President.
2007-11-15 04:19:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
We are Christian? Separation of Church and State makes it so you aren't cramming your religion down my throat and I am not cramming mine down your throat. One has the right to worship or not who or what he pleases. That is one of the greatest things our founding fathers did for us. Because of religious tensions throughout history it made perfectly good sense. When we elect a President we are electing a secular leader not the pope.
2007-11-15 04:35:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋