Many people take this to mean that religion has no place in Government.
WRONG.
What this means is that the State (aka USA) should not have a state sponsored religion. Nor should religion be holding sway over public policy.
An unelected body should not be dictating the policy of the United States.
This does not mean that religion should be absent from governmental proceedings or absent from public places. Just that “The CHURCH” should not be dictating policy to or for the USA.
When we say in our pledge of allegiance “one nation under GOD” it does not say “which” God. It will mean any God that one subscribes to in their particular faith.
People are perfectly free to worship the God of their choosing but do not have the right to impose (meaning force others to worship in the same manner) That includes atheists!
We cannot force an atheist to participate in observances of a religion. And an atheist cannot dissuade a pious person from NOT practicing their observances no matter how distasteful they find it.
Also it seems to be a problem with the new “common core” to be teaching more about one faith over another.
There should be no education beyond the existence and historic interaction between the faiths. And only then at a high school level via history classes.
One reply on “Political beliefs (Separation of church and state)”
Yup. The government should stay out of religion, but we NEED religion in the government.
Personally, I would love to have be able to take a course on Christianity as an elective during high school, but that would be unconstitutional, which I understand, because the state would be technically sponsoring a religion, and obviously there could not be a class for every religion, so some would be left out.