In fact, the Blaine Amendments are among the clearest examples in the nation's history of
a state establishment of religion — and the only reason they have not been recognized as such is that they establish a theologically liberal vision of religion.
Very few twenty - first - century Christians would welcome a return to
state establishments of religion as the accepted norm.
Not exact matches
«Believing with you that
religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers
of government reach actions only, & 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 &
State.»
The First Amendment
states that our government shall NOT RESPECT the
establishment of a
religion.
That is why the founding fathers forbade the
establishment of a
state religion.
Neither can pass laws which aid one
religion, aid all
religions, or prefer one
religion to another... in the words
of Jefferson, the [First Amendment] clause against
establishment of religion by law was intended to erect «a wall
of separation between church and
State»... That wall must be kept high and impregnable.
Two non-Christian town residents — Susan Galloway (who is Jewish) and Linda Stephens (who is an atheist)-- objected, arguing that this practice violated the First Amendment's
Establishment Clause, which states, «Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of rel
Establishment Clause, which
states, «Congress shall make no law respecting the
establishment of rel
establishment of religion.»
The «
establishment of religion» clause
of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a
state nor the Federal Government can set up a church.
One after another the
state constitutions had declared that, as North Carolina's put it, «all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates
of their own consciences» (V: 71) The
state constitutions indicated that the right
of «free exercise» was meant to be absolute, at least to the point
of not «disturb [ing] the public peace or obstruct [ing] others in their religious worship» (Massachusetts, 1780, V: 77) Equally straightforward was the opposition to «an
establishment of religion.»
The
state exists neither for the
establishment of religion nor for the elimination
of religion but for the freedom
of religion.
Strict «Separationists» have questioned the legality
of this because they
state that it violates United
States Const.itution which forbids the government from passing any law respecting the
establishment of a
religion.
Ever since 1947, when the Supreme Court first applied the First Amendment's
establishment clause to the
states in Everson v. Board
of Education, the court has held that government must be neutral on matters
of religion.
Thomas Jefferson wrote, «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 &
State.
Under the
establishment clause every person is also entitled to government that does not sponsor, support or inculcate one
religion,
religion in general or all
religions collectively; that does not prefer one
religion over another; that does not build up the real estate or the personnel
of a religious institution or set up religious proprietaries not required to supply
state - impaired religious access; and that does not compose, initiate or promulgate official prayers, rites or liturgies, or otherwise «play church.»
When the new United
States ratified the Bill
of Rights and so stipulated that «Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,» it crowned a revolutionary reversal in Western politics.
Passage
of the
Religion Clauses
of the First Amendment («Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...») was one
of the first effective exertions
of political muscle by minority groups in the United
States.
Due to what the First Amendment
of the U.S. Consti - tution
states, «Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;» it shouldn't matter what their
religion is.
wiki ~ The
Establishment Clause is the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
Establishment Clause is the first
of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution,
stating, Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of
establishment of religion....
«One
of the good things God might bring out
of this evil and this tragedy would be now some type
of alliance between
religion and the educational
establishment in a major national campaign to see that this is faced head on,» said Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the top Catholic official in the United
States.
The Supreme Court gave a boost to their conviction that secularism is a genuine competing faith in the ruling in the 1961 Torcaso case, in which «Secular Humanism» was identified as a
religion, and in Justice Potter Stewart's dissent in the 1963 Schempp case, which referred to a refusal to permit religious exercises in schools as not «the realization
of state neutrality, but rather as the
establishment of a
religion of secularism.»
Two Republican representatives in North Carolina filed a resolution Monday that would permit the
state to declare Christianity its official
religion and reject any federal laws or court rulings regarding how the
state addresses the
establishment of religion.
The free exercise
of religion allows a religious community to democratically agitate for its legal
establishment and for a confessional
state.
This solidarity alone is the best form to counter the obscurantist communalism, a game played by the elite and the
state and the
religion of the
establishment.
This rejectionism had, over time, crystallized — some would say, fossilized — into the view that the legal
establishment of the Catholic Church as the official
religion of the
state was the desired arrangement (the «thesis,» in the theological jargon
of the day), while other arrangements (like the American constitutional order) were mere «hypotheses» that could, under certain historical circumstances, be «tolerated» — even as Catholics in countries governed by the «hypothesis» worked for the day when the «thesis»
of Catholic
establishment could be....
Another reason to for Americans to embrace the political wisdom
of our Founders in prohibiting the
establishment of a civil
religion, especially with the challenge
of theocratic fundamentalism coming from many Red
State Christians.
In some
states a condition
of de facto
establishment of religion already exists.
SIMPLE «Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;» The Governor
of the
State of Texas has used his position as Governor to OFFICIALLY PROSELYTIZE his religious beliefs.
I'm frankly amazed at the number
of people who say that this is a Christian nation; from the first amendment to the Constitution: «Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion...» There is no official
state religion.
Christian professors at
state universities are afraid if they are too outspoken can be sued for «
establishment of religion.»
The
State can not finance secular instruction if it permits
religion to be taught in the same classroom; but if it exacts a promise that
religion not be so taught — a promise the school and its teachers are quite willing and on this record able to give — and enforces it, it is then entangled in the «no entanglement» aspect
of the Court's
Establishment Clause jurisprudence [Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 666, 668].
«Believing... 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 legitimate 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.»
In 1947, the Court ruled that the
establishment clause must be applied against the
states, and that no
establishment means no «promotion»
of religion.
The Constitution
of the United
States forbids everything like an
establishment of a national
religion.»
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.
The strict separationists — those who condemn every financial or ceremonial link
of government with
religion — have succeeded in persuading the courts over the past half - century to dismantle or forbid any church -
state association that might be viewed as an «
establishment of religion.»
It's enumerated in its entirety in the First Amendment, which
states (in part): «Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.»
The main points
of its platform include the complete Israeli withdrawal from the territories occupied in 1967, recognition
of the PLO, the separation
of religion and
state, the Palestinian «right
of return» to Israeli territory, lobbying for workers» rights, encouraging Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, the
establishment of a Palestinian
state alongside Israel, and full equality for Israel's Arab citizens.
The First Amendment to the Constitution
of the United
States provides (among other things) that «Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
of speech, or
of the press...»
The
religion clauses
of the First Amendment, coupled with the 14th Amendment's guaranty
of ordered liberty, preclude both the nation and the
states from making any law respecting an
establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
A group
of state taxpayers has challenged the programs, enacted by the state legislature in 1984 and 1985, as violating the clauses in the New York State and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of reli
state taxpayers has challenged the programs, enacted by the
state legislature in 1984 and 1985, as violating the clauses in the New York State and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of reli
state legislature in 1984 and 1985, as violating the clauses in the New York
State and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of reli
State and United
States constitutions that bar government
establishment of religion.
The First Amendment does provide that «Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof,» but this did not apply to the
states (or to public schools as presumed organs
of the
state) for the first 150 years
of the Union.
But the Court also unanimously adopted the language
of Justice Hugo Black in the same case: «The clause [no
establishment of religion] was intended to erect «a wall
of separation» between church and
state.»
A special public - school district set up to serve students with disabilities from a Hasidic Jewish village in New York
State represents an unconstitutional government establishment of religion, a state judge has r
State represents an unconstitutional government
establishment of religion, a
state judge has r
state judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr.
of Cleveland ruled Dec. 20 that the city's
state - enacted voucher plan violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on a government
establishment of religion.
The First Amendment's prohibition against governmental
establishment of religion was written on the assumption that
state aid to
religion and religious schools generates discord, disharmony, hatred, and strife among our people, and that any government that supplies such aids is to that extent a tyranny....
A federal district court in Iowa held that a
state tax deduction for school expenses, including private school tuition, does not violate the
Establishment Clause because it is available to parents regardless
of whether their child attends a public, private or religious school, neither advances nor inhibits
religion, and does not entangle the
state with
religion.
The Lansing School District refused the Pecks» request,
stating that the
Establishment Clause
of the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution precluded its provision
of those services at Our Savior Lutheran School, because provision
of these services at a parochial school would constitute excessive entanglement
of government and
religion.
All persons shall be entitled to be free, at any
establishment or place, from discrimination or segregation
of any kind on the ground
of race, color,
religion, or national origin, if such discrimination or segregation is or purports to be required by any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, rule, or order
of a
State or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Next few tweets will b controversial: Founder's thoughts on «No
establishment of religion» applied to the National govt, not the
states Apr 04, 2013
The Court
of Appeal
state at para 61 that the undercover officer did not compel any action for a religious purpose, because the Charter does not contain an
establishment clause that would forbid
state action promoting
religion.