No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.
Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.
The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.
I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
Government is a true religion: it has its dogmas, its mysteries, its priests. To submit it to the individual discussion is to destroy it; it is given life only through the national mind, that is to say, by political faith, which is a creed.
To restore the American experiment in democratic self-government, religious believers need to redouble their civic efforts. For without our active participation in politics, the government will continue to trample on our rights. The Constitution does not prevent people of faith from being active in politics.
The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.
A cult is a religion with no political power.
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