Sentences with phrase «with separation of church and state»

Looks like there should be a separation of church and business to go along with the separation of church and state.

Jefferson later wrote that it was with the separation of church and state in mind that they wrote the First Amendment into the Constitution.

Essentially conservative, he early came into collision with the separation of Church and State in France and Portugal.

«Christians comment on issues but with separation of church and state should primarily speak as citizens» - this is a GROSS misunderstanding of this ideal.

Christians comment on issues but with separation of church and state should primarily speak as citizens.

It could be that folks, with Separation of Church and State in mind, may want a president that is religious neutral, that's all.

I think the concern is with separation of church and state, and if that's possible with a Mormon in a high public office.

I think that, in keeping with the separation of church and state (which is a good policy, I think), we should not observe ANY religious holidays, including Good Friday, which is widely observed by public schools throughout the US.

But today, in a country with Separation of Church and State, they can't use torture and execution to preserve their faith.

The designers of the Const * itution were brilliant and knew how important it was for future generations to not view their country as one based on Christianity, but as one based simply on freedom, and so they were very careful to put their own religious views aside and make a strong point with separation of church and state.

It has nothing to do with the separation of church and state.

Not to confuse the psychological issues with the separation of church and state, we obviously need to keep religious interference and favoritism to a minimum in government, while shifting the societal paradigm to discourage fervent religiosity while fostering evolved secular morals and ethics.

This article has nothing to do with separation of Church and State....

Well, when you took religion out of America with the separation of church and state, no one particularly cares about religion any more.

In the meantime in the USA a country with separation of Church and State, there is total polarization between «believers» VS non believers ENOUGH already.

There was no problem with separation of church and state when GWB opened the floodgate for federal funding of faith based NPs.

Not exact matches

I'm an Obama - volunteer, liberal Democrat, separation of church and state, Jewish mom, master's degree in counseling - holder who's worked with Special Olympics athletes and other special needs kids.

The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).

On the other hand, the islamic world lacks a single voice to answer with a single and credible voice to the concerns of the secular american society (which is very concerned about the lack of the concept of separation between church and state in large part of the islamic world).

Because they understood the exercise of state power to be inconsistent with the church's identity and mission, Anabaptists also advocated for the strict separation of church and state.

So I guess separation of church and state does not apply as long as church goes along with public opinion.

Ya know, as much of an idiot as Obama has proven himself to be over the last four years, a Republican with a good head on their shoulders could easily take the office next year... that being said... these Republican idiots that are currently throwing their hat in the ring for the presidency have forgoten the importance of separation of church and state.

For a country with supposed separation of church and state, I've never seen so much religious interference in politics in my life...

This was coupled with a clear affirmation of the separation of church and state in the constitution.

If you'll be eating lunch at your desk today, you might enjoy watching one of these videos: A «Dan Rather Reports» feature on» Church and State: Separation Anxieties» includes an hour - long panel discussion with Judge Michael McConnell, Holly Hollman, Prof. Richard....

A candidate isn't going to get anywhere with most conservative evangelicals if they support a woman's right to chose, or if the candidate supports strict separation of church and state, and maybe even opposition to teaching Creationism is going to lose their vote.

In a calmer, more reflective tone years later, Madison expressed satisfaction that the idea of separation of church and state that he promoted and built into the 1st Amendment allowed those with different beliefs to flourish:

In recent church - state controversies, however, the ideal of separation has come in conflict with the wider and more important ideal of religious freedom.

you always got a few bad apples in atheism... etc etc.... almost lke youre throwing the baby out with the bathwater... besides... most complaints of this comes from atheists who yell separation of church and state...

Anecdotally, I know of many young adults who have expressed disenchantment with the politicization of Christianity and who recognize the importance of maintaining a separation between church and state.

Fishon, I'll call you what you are: you are a troll and a bully, and the RIGHT churches with absolute standards are full of bullies like you who are not content to follow your exacting standards in your churches; you are trying to make total strangers in the world at large subject through them in the secular courts and laws, flipping your middle fingers at the principle of constitutional separation of church and state.

Why, then, was the country so quick to embrace, often with religious fervor, the notion that separation of church and state is a necessary precondition of religious liberty?

One of the primary reasons we have separation of church and state in the U.S. is because of the inherent Christian need to dirty up the lives of others with trying to prepare them for some alleged next life.

The problem is that in a country with the legal separation of church and state, the state can not suppress religious belief.

No separation of church and state problem with that??

The United States is and always has been a secular nation with a clear separation of church and state.

However, with the doctrine of the separation of church and state, the West found itself having to deal with death, but unable completely to do so within the limited discourse of military force and the public will.

For a country that is suppose to have separation of church and state the U.S. is certainly obsessed with the faith of their politicians.

We are often told in portentous tones that these words do not occur in the First Amendment (or anywhere else in the Constitution), that there has never been «absolute» separation of church and state (seemingly with the implication that therefore there shouldn't be any such separation), and that the concept has become outmoded with the demise of the quaint notion of limited government and the expansion of the activities of both governments and churches.

Nevertheless, there is clear evidence that TM is a religion in secular clothing, and for this reason an alarm should be sounded for the political inroads it is making in violation of the principle of separation of church and state and for its claim to the innocent that it is a technique compatible with all faiths.

That is somewhat promising — it hopefully means that 58 % don't really care — and rightfully so, with that little thing called separation of church and state.

If a wall of separation is erected between religion and the state (and its schools), that wall will prove to be a tomb in which church, state, and schools will decay with a civilization that has lost its soul.

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that...

Yet every time FFRF or the ACLU acts on a violation of the separation of church and state, the Christians cry «persecution» even with a church on every corner to which they can go any day of the week, pray at home, in the street, put fish plaques on their cars, whatever.

Separation of Church and State was something the ancestors came to this land with, but that concept is dead.

I agree with some of those below, there should be a separation between Church and State.

Indeed, as a free nation, with a TRUE Separation of Church and State we can go forward now, knowing that NOBODY will ever give a mormon a second chance for the White House.

LRT: why would you be more concerned about separation of church and state with a Mormon in office vs a Jew, an Evangelical Christian, etc..?

Those who advocate a complete separation of church and state, with no influence whatsoever of the church upon the state, are forgetting our country's history.

The U.S. had provided Russia with the model for a true separation of church and state, such as Russia had never known.