Sentences with phrase «mixing church and state»

«We're not talking about mixing church and state,» Mr. Paterson said.
Paterson insisted to WOR's John Gambling this morning that reports he is mixing church and state by offering to find state - owned property as an alternative location for the mosque (something that, as it turns out, he doesn't have the power to do anyway) are «wrong» adding:
Anyway, it doesn't matter since we are a secular country, with specific prohibitions against mixing church and state (for good reason), and marriage, from a government point of view, is about financial and human rights.

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It's amazing how we can not mix «Church and State» which was stated in a letter Jefferson wrote to a pastor to ensure that the Government would not control the thoughts or speech of the church, and some how this letter became an unwritten law in which we hold dear to our heChurch and State» which was stated in a letter Jefferson wrote to a pastor to ensure that the Government would not control the thoughts or speech of the church, and some how this letter became an unwritten law in which we hold dear to our hechurch, and some how this letter became an unwritten law in which we hold dear to our hearts..
The «absolutists» separationizing of «church and state» may well be but a state proclamation and if so then our nation's Federalistic Republicanism might just supercede our wantonness to mix Christendom with Federalist Policies.
The «absolutists» separationizing of «church and state» may well be but a state proclamation and if so then our nation's Federalistic Republicanism might just supercede our wantonness to (NOT) mix Christendom with Federalist (REPUBLIC) Policies.
The «absolutists» separationizing of «church and state» may well be but a state proclamation and if so then our nation's Federalistic Republicanism might just supercede our wantonness to (NOT) mix Christendom with Federalist Policies.
I am a voter and will tell you very loud and clear, I will not tolerate to mix church with state!
Many charismatics began to leave mainline denominations (particuarly in the United States and Canada) and independent charismatic churches began to arise (and, that led to a mix of results).
Finally, he has added a version of the rabbinical parable of the unprepared guests, referred to above, to make the whole an allegory of the mixed state of the Church and the sorting - out process of the future judgement of God, a theme characteristic of his gospel (allegories of weeds of the field, 13.24 - 30, 36 - 43, dragnet, 13.47 - 50, sheep and goats, 25.31 - 33).
The truth is that the mixing of church and state taints BOTH the church and the state, in doing so, because BOTH lose the purity of their cause and effect, and BOTH are consequently corrupted.
This month, First Presbyterian asked the Sooner State's top court to take a third look at the case, arguing that the justices mixed up two separate issues of law: the ecclesiastical extension / church autonomy doctrine and the ministerial exception.
The history of the USA is full of reasons why church and state is a volatile mix.
Also to be factored in is the serious consideration of what it means to mix public education dollars and religion in a country built on the separation of church and state.
Church - state conflicts abound in American society, and few contexts are as incendiary as public schools when religion enters the mix.
We successfully intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case which ruled against the mixing of church and state in the form of religious prayers -LSB-...]
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