The United States Constitution says that there should be a "separation of church and state." Wrong!!! If one actually reads the Constitution that phrase is not used anywhere. Yet, many people believe that phrase is the essence of the First Amendment in relation to religion and government. The First Amendment in total actually states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." That is it in total!
It is the U.S. Supreme Court who has declared that a separation of church and state is required by this amendment. That is historically incorrect. The intent of the first section was to prevent the establishment of a state church. Some of the colonists who came here from Europe did so to escape religious persecution because their religious beliefs were different from the state church, for example different than the teachings of the Church of England. They never intended to remove religion from the political life of the nation.
Congress opened its sessions with prayer. The Declaration of Independence refers to a Supreme Being at least three times--"Laws of Nature and of Nature's God," (men are) "endowed by their Creator," and "Divine Providence." The Supreme Court called upon GOD to bless their proceedings. Early public schools taught reading using the Bible as the main and sometimes the only reading source. The military has military chaplains. Public buildings have carvings in stone of Moses and the Ten Commandments. The list goes on and on.
This is another example of the Supreme Court misapplying constitutional provisions based upon their personal opinion rather than what the Constitution actuallly says. We now have the absurd example that government officials can not hang the Ten Commandments on an office wall or in a court room while hundreds of public buildings including court houses have carved into stone scenes of Moses with the Ten Commandments.
How is hanging the Ten Commandments on a wall establishing a religion? It is not! Not to any reasonable thinking individual. The Courtocracy continues to push its libertine agenda in the name of Constitutional Law. How absurd!
It is the U.S. Supreme Court who has declared that a separation of church and state is required by this amendment. That is historically incorrect. The intent of the first section was to prevent the establishment of a state church. Some of the colonists who came here from Europe did so to escape religious persecution because their religious beliefs were different from the state church, for example different than the teachings of the Church of England. They never intended to remove religion from the political life of the nation.
Congress opened its sessions with prayer. The Declaration of Independence refers to a Supreme Being at least three times--"Laws of Nature and of Nature's God," (men are) "endowed by their Creator," and "Divine Providence." The Supreme Court called upon GOD to bless their proceedings. Early public schools taught reading using the Bible as the main and sometimes the only reading source. The military has military chaplains. Public buildings have carvings in stone of Moses and the Ten Commandments. The list goes on and on.
This is another example of the Supreme Court misapplying constitutional provisions based upon their personal opinion rather than what the Constitution actuallly says. We now have the absurd example that government officials can not hang the Ten Commandments on an office wall or in a court room while hundreds of public buildings including court houses have carved into stone scenes of Moses with the Ten Commandments.
How is hanging the Ten Commandments on a wall establishing a religion? It is not! Not to any reasonable thinking individual. The Courtocracy continues to push its libertine agenda in the name of Constitutional Law. How absurd!
posted by Christian Gunslinger at 10:52 PM
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