Lets talk about the separtion of Church and State!
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
Sunday, February 27, 2011
1st Amendment
It is Sunday.
Lets talk about the separtion of Church and State!
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ofspeech , or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
Lets talk about the separtion of Church and State!
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
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This is the most misunderstood part of the Constitution. I cannot believe that the people who were in charge of interpreting the Constitution and the laws thereof passed by our Federal legislature took a private letter from one of our Presidents and used that to make one of the most far-reaching tyrannical Constitutional interpretations ever (I said ONE of the most..there are legitimate arguments for other cases)...
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe that one could read this and believe that it has anything to do with completely separating Church and State. All this was supposed to do is make sure that the State stayed out of the Churches. Tocqueville talked about this in his book when he said the one element that separated America from the rest of the world is that the religious leaders in this country kept the political leaders honest without ever interfering in political matters.
Then another element of this Amendment is that it reads "Congress shall make no law..." meaning that Congress is prohibited to do so but the Constitution never EVER prohibits the states from making any sort of law such as this.
Sorry..this whole controversy gets me riled up
I think the phrase "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" is too often overlooked. Congress does not have the authority to tell us how, when, where, or even if we practice our religion, including schools, street corners, government facilites, public gatherings, etc. The chance that we may offend someone with other beliefs is one of personal responsibility, not government regulation.
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