WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT — «Congress SHALL MAKE NO LAW for the establishment of any religious denomination» --(which BTW — is NOT what it says, if you're going to reference the constitution, try not to look like an idiot by referencing it WRONG)... so you want
government out of religion... but you want your happy little tax exempt status?
Not exact matches
The very first thing is to get business
out of government just like we did with
religion.
satan possesss all the postmoderners who try to blot the Name
of God
out of our Nation's
Government and the ones that try to silence the proclaimation
of the gospel by attacking Christians who pray and hand
out Bibles and excercise their
religion publicly.
For the majority
of us, at least in this country, the only agenda is to keep
religion out of our deliberately secular
government.
When our fore fathers came up with the idea
of seperation
of church and state it wasn't to keep
religion out of the
government it was to keep the Church from running the
government.
Coming
out of a legacy
of the religious persecution that had been happening in England and Europe since the time
of Luther and Henry VIII, and knowing full well that religious persecution was what their forefathers had come to the new world to escape, the founder purposely kept
religion out of government.
Hmm... I think they may be pointing
out some
of the craziness
of religion, and as to «why» we should keep that «firewall»
of separation
of lunacy and
government separate IMHO.
Just keep your prayer and your
religion out of government inst - itutions.
However, interpretations
of this clause need to be grounded in the realization that America is historically a part
of Christendom, and that American
government has never successfully carried
out a policy
of acting neutrally among
religions, or between
religion and non-
religion.
Personally, I will respect all faith, so long as
religion is kept
out of the
government, per the First Amendment and the Treaty
of Tripoli.
I think that
religion and the
government should stay
out of a woman's uterus.
AGuest, please stay
out of my
government with your
religion.
The principle was meant to keep ALL
religion out of government, not just the
religions that you don't agree with.
KEEP YOUR
RELIGION OUT OF MY
GOVERNMENT!
America has so many people who identify themselves as religious because A) some
of our initial settlers came to the colonies because their beliefs were
out of line with the
government ordained
religion in their country.
Listen to James Madison speak about the need for the need to keep
religion out of government (Jefferson wasn't the only one to explicitly speak
of the separation
of church and state):
The Pew Research Center found that in 2012, 3
out of 4 people worldwide lived in a country with high levels
of social hostilities involving
religion, compared with 64 percent
of people who lived with high levels
of government restrictions on
religion.
Keep
religion out of government and in the church where it belongs.
Personally I would prefer to keep
religion out of government hands.
Most
governments don't publicly declare their hostility toward
religion; they use laws like zoning or employment to push it
out of the public square.
One
of the reasons that atheists comment here is that religious beliefs unfortunately impact laws and
government policy and our laws.The idiocy
of religion unfortunately permeates much
of our society, so the more we can fight back and speak
out against religious idiocy, and the more visibly, the better.
Or trying to keep
religion OUT of our
government and classrooms?
When you have a
government trying to impose a specific form
of government where they need absolute control they either use a specific
religion (a.k.a. Islam in Iran) or try to stamp
out religion in order in order to have supreme power (Stalin in the USSR).
If they can't understand that their
religion does not trump the rights
of their workers and does not trump any
government law, then they are welcome to go
out of business and GOOD RIDDANCE!!
With a lot
of the so called Christians I have encountered, it seems that they distort scripture to fit a political agenda.I am convinced that if Jesus were walking the earth today, and came into the home
of a born again, with his message
of mercy, forgiveness, charity, and love, they would call him a pinko or a hippie freak, and throw him
out on his backside.Constitutionally, our
government can not create a state
religion or interfere in the inner workings
of the churches.It should work in both directions.
Yet it is not unreasonable to expect that, given its guarantee
of «freedom
of conscience and
religion,» the
government should be even - handed in its funding priorities, not singling
out for support those groups that happen to agree with the ruling party's worldview.
I really hope that the GOP catches up on domestic issues and realizes that
religion needs to stay
out of politics, because I and many others believe that Small
government where the majority
of power is left to the states is the superior form
of government, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Believe what you want, but keep your
religion out of my life and O U T,
of our
government!
mama kindless can sense when some religious candidates have on their agenda to try to go around our laws that keep
religion out of our
government.
I would also give my life to keep all
religion and theocracy
out of the US
government.
The freedom
of religion clause in the first amendment was to keep the
government from establishing a state
religion that all must be party to like it was in England (hince the Church
of England) not to keep prayer
out of anything the
government has it's hands in.
The
government needs to get
out of religion.
It is extremely rare for a
government with
out an official state policy
of atheism, to persecute
religions.
Our
government has tried to keep specific
religions out of things, Winter Break, Spring Break.
Get
religion out of schools,
government, and society at large.
And
religion certainly needs to stay
out of government — our founders saw the unfortunate results
of official religious bigotry in Europe and wisely saw the need to steer way clear
of official
religion in America.
You say
government needs to stay
out of religion — I agree, but that should include eliminating unique benefits like tax breaks, etc..
They simply want believers to follow the laws
of this country and keep
religion out of government and the public square.
Our country believes that the
government should stay
out of religion thereby giving us the freedom to practice any
religion we want.
They want
religion out of politics (as our founders believed) and a
government that can produce growth.
I am happy to debate
religion with anyone, I have some serious skills in doing so, but the fact is all I want is for
religion to say
out of government and
out of the public sector.
So please, Christians especially, keep your
religion out of our
government, schools, libraries, hospitals, courthouses, bedrooms, weddings, bedrooms, and most especially, bodies.
America was created to ensure
religion was kept
out of OUR
government & laws.
Time for the GOP to leave
religion in the churches, synagogs, temples, mosques, etc., where it belongs and
out of politics and
government, where it doesn't belong.
It truly saddens me to know that it was my father's generation that was great and understood you needed to keep
religion out of politics and
government but my own generation that is weak and has backslid to ignorance.
Keeping
religion OUT of the public debate would be most helpful, keeping religion out of schools, out of government, out of my bedroom, and out of the lives of those who don't fit in the «mold» of what the religious approve of — NOW we can begin to agree on somethi
OUT of the public debate would be most helpful, keeping
religion out of schools, out of government, out of my bedroom, and out of the lives of those who don't fit in the «mold» of what the religious approve of — NOW we can begin to agree on somethi
out of schools,
out of government, out of my bedroom, and out of the lives of those who don't fit in the «mold» of what the religious approve of — NOW we can begin to agree on somethi
out of government,
out of my bedroom, and out of the lives of those who don't fit in the «mold» of what the religious approve of — NOW we can begin to agree on somethi
out of my bedroom, and
out of the lives of those who don't fit in the «mold» of what the religious approve of — NOW we can begin to agree on somethi
out of the lives
of those who don't fit in the «mold»
of what the religious approve
of — NOW we can begin to agree on something.
I would die to assure you could practice your
religion and I would also die to keep it
out of my
government.
We can't have the 10 commandments in any
government buliding, no prayer or
religion in schools... just look at how some
of our kids are turning
out, disrespectful.
Ok fine keep
religion in its place that means
out of government and there is no problem.
Please keep your
religion out of my
government.