It also was founded on the ideal of the separation
of church and state so others could not force their religious views on others.
The
division of church and state means that the state does the state does not entirely control the religions and the religions do not dictate to the state what the laws will be.
But where the two parties clearly divided was on the question of American democracy and its distinctive «answer» to the age - old
problem of church and state.
The vigorous defense of the separation
of church and state at the institutional level must be matched by a quest for an integrated view of life at another — and deeper — level.
Let's face it, this country was founded on Christian principles and there will never be a total operation
of church and state because of that.
It was a comprehensive effort to shape the interests of human desire through an alignment of the
interests of church and state around common aims and cultural capital.
Once the state recognized a religious ceremony as a legal contract, the separation
of church and state went out the window.
This is why the country's founders were so adamant about separation
of church and state despite their own personal views and upbringing.
Nowhere was its insistence that the nation observe the proper separation
of church and state more apparent than in the area of education.
Separation
of church and state simply means the government is not in support of, nor against, any particular religion unless an organization poses itself at opposition to the government or its citizens.