Posted on 09/30/2020 3:56:30 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Yes, the use of the term “establishment” is important here. It does not mean “setting up” (e.g. “establishing a colony at XYZ”). After all, in 1776 most of the major religions we know already existed. It means incorporating a religious body into the government and laws, essentially nominating a state religion. In Britain today there is a movement known as Disestablishmentarianism, their goal is to separate the bodies of Church and State. And a spin off is the longest word in the English language, antidisestablishmentarianism.
Depemds on what seperate means. The government is suppose to not pass religious laws or regulate religion. They can however praise God and declare an official day of prayer..while they cant mandate anybody pray or regulate how they pray. In short, the be openly thankful to God and pray etc, but cant pass laws about religion. So the words “separation of church and state” are not true in all the senses modern Americans sometimes think. Holding as a “self evident” “truth” that God exists and is why governments should respect the rights of all is foundational to our governments principals....thougb it certainly involves what modern Americans would call a religious point of view.
yes!
They can make NO LAWS but letting people have a Christmas tree or putting the 10 commandments (good rules to live by0 in a building are NOT ‘creating laws’
4 words
The Church of England
you either belonged or you died
This is what the original colonists were fleeing from
This is what was meant by those words
It goes further than that. Not only does the First Amendment NOT forbid a government entity from openly celebrating Christmas or putting up the ten commandments...it actually forbids the Federal Legislature from making any law to stop a local government from doing so. I don’t think the founders anticipated they had to explicitly state that the federal courts were not to pass such laws in the Bill of Rights (rather some argued that the Bill of Rights was already all implied anyway) since the courts are not supposed to pass any laws at all but only apply them.
Out of the five lines in that graphic, only one follows a street, and the other four just cut across buildings diagonally. And the pentagram isn’t even a regular one. Would work way better on the pentagon probably.
oh wait, two of the 5 follow a street...my bad. But still, pentagon would work better.
I believe that no building can be taller than the Capital, not the WM.
>> I am confused- are you saying the words “separation of church and state” ARE in the Constitution?
Now I’m confused as to why you’re confused...
My related remark:
“Primarily, the words “separation of church and state” are not stated in the Bill of Rights.”
If I’m not mistaken, that “sep” clause appeared in one of Madison’s essays.
>> Wait.. what were we talking about again?
LOL, agreed...
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