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Originally Posted by Steven Exactly. The ACLU's positions on things is not determined by what offends people. It is determined by the Constitution. The seperation of church and state was put in place so that people would not blindly do whatever their religion commands. In terrorists nations, rational discussion is set aside and dogma is dominant. |
Yes, BUT no where in the Constitution does it say "seperation of church and state." I like how people bring this up, this so-called "seperation of church and state" came in a letter that was written by Tom. Jefferson to a group of Baptists who were scared that the Gov't was going to adopted a certain religion. This is where the term "seperation of church and state" comes into play, he wrote in a letter not in the Constitution or Declaration of Indep. In the 1st admen. it says that we have "Freedom of Religion" which we do and Majority of American like I pointed out are 90% some form Christan. Freedom of Religion is for YOU to choose a religion an practice it, and gov't is not Promoting ANY denomination when having the cross on the seal.
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Originally Posted by PandaMoOo Well... for the most part.  There's been some sad examples of religion screwing up good government. Go Zoe! I agree entirely with Zoe! |
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Originally Posted by zoedragon Religion, ideally, plays no factor in government. |
TO: PandaMoOo,
What about Murder, Lying in a court room, stealing, and many others, these are all things told by OUR own religion(s) that we should not do and we have laws on them cause of it. Religion does play some kind of role in Gov't, it has to? Right?