The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public life is a state that declares itself supreme over all religious values.
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It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.
Separation of Church and state was a radical idea when the U.S. was first founded, but it's become The Way Things Are.
Each of us has the choice to attend the church we want to, or none at all. Separation of church and state allows for religions to have their own set of rules as to whom they will accept and who they won't, and the practices they support and the ones they don't. They will continue to be able to do so.
I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.
There are some who invoke separation of church and state - to try to get the government out of the business of morality - but this is antithetical to what the founders wanted. The founders wanted to keep theology out of government so that government could focus on the proper business of morality.
I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.
The tenet of the separation of church and state is an unconstitutional doctrine.
Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.
There is no such thing as 'separation of church and state.' Reporters continue to promote this fallacy and scare Christians out of standing up for their beliefs.
I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.