Should Religion and Government intertwine?

Question

Here, is a small excerpt from the author of the Constitution. You make your own decisions!
“ Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church and State.[51]
-Thomas Jefferson



"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." Treaty of Tripoly, article 11

-John Adams

Answer 1

No.

Congratulations on putting Jefferson's "wall of separation" quote in the proper context--so many people try to mangle it all out of recognition these days.

Answer 2

I wish there was such a law here in the UK, because here the Queen is not only Head of State but Head of the Church of England as well; not only that but Bishops and Archbishops are also known as Lords Spiritual and sit in the House of Lords and therefore have influence on the making of policy.

However, practising Christians form only a minority in the UK as do other religions.

Personally I would rather that society were completely secular with freedom and religious tolerance. If people of a particular belief want to get elected then fine, but unelected people of one religion sit in the government and that seems unfair to me.

Answer 3

faith is neither inherently stable nor inherently undesirable. yet as such there is not any superb faith by employing which any legal code must be made. interior the finished heritage of humanity there has in no way been contract on what faith is the excellent faith. And yet maximum cultures have arise with a center set of morals that are extremely comparable. i think of it extremely is high-quality the have people's faith instruction manual their very very own morals. If that's what works for then you that's what you ought to do. however the persons ought to make the regulations autonomous of religion. many times there will be some overlap in legal and non secular doctrine, like do no longer homicide, do no longer thieve. yet whilst it includes telling people what God to worship, whilst to wish, of what the directives of God's regulation are the regulation ought to stay out of it.

Answer 4

Absolutely correct keep religion out of Goverment.

Answer 5

Government is only a reflection of the people it represents.

Answer 6

Hm...Religion and Government intertwine? No. Does that mean that a government official cannot be religious? No. But it does mean that he or she can't base all of their decisions on their religion.

Answer 7

Yes...just ask the Taliban

Answer 8

Only if you want a lot of people to die and freedom of thought to end.

Answer 9

I'm with Tom & John.

Answer 10

Worked well so far, i see no reason to change it.