We were Never a Christian nation -- except to the extent that all the different Christian sects were at each other's throats fighting one another over bitter sectarian disagreements throughout the Colonial period.
By the time we formed a new nation, our Founding Fathers had had enough of all these divisive religious battles among the various Christian denominations. That is why our Bill of Rights, from the inception of the USA, provided for religious freedom and separation of church and state -- for the benefit of all.
President Obama is a Constitutional scholar who knows what he's talking about.
What is Newt Gingrich -- an ideological Right-Wing Windbag? Newt is dead wrong when he says that the United States was "founded as a Christian nation".
John Adams may indeed have said: "Our Constitution was made for a Moral and Religious people." However, "Moral" and "Religious" do not necessarily go hand in hand. In fact, they are often quite the opposite.
In the early twentieth century, there was a very popular American song, entitled: "But He Goes to Church on Sunday". The song then went on to spell out what he did on the other six days of the week.
That songwriter understood full well that "Moral" and "Religious" can be far from the same thing. His huge audience, too, was fully aware of the difference.
Newt Gingrich may believe that atheists and agnostics cannot be "Moral." However, Newt Gingrich is no John Adams.
I'd love to see Newt Gingrich run against Obama in 2012. Newt would get even less votes than Sarah Palin would.
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So where in the Constitution does it mention "Separation of Church and State?" I think Obama knows about the same as you when it comes to the U.S. Constitution!
If you think the U. S. Constitution does not provide for the separation of church and state, Brandon, you are definitely living in the wrong country.
FIND IT AND I WILL ADMIT I WAS WRONG!!!
"That is why our Bill of Rights, from the inception of the USA, provided for religious freedom and separation of church and state..."
-CJP original post
Seperation of church and state is not in the first admendment! It does express how the government can not create laws oppressing religions. That doesnt mean you cant pray in school or have a christmas tree in a government office. So keep looking and maybe you will find where is talks about "seperation of church and state."
If you would like I could send you a link so you can read the first amendment.
The First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, at the very outset, states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
That's it. Those sixteen words provide for the separation of church and state.
Those sixteen words say that Congress may not Establish an official state religion, and may not prohibit anyone from freely Exercising his religion.
England had an official Church of England. The church and state were joined together and were not separated. Here, our First Amendment prohibits the establishment of an official state religion, thus requiring the separation of church and state.
The idea of "Seperation of church and state" is very vague and today most people believe that it is word for word in the constitution. Further more they would imply that your not allowed to practice religion or show religion on public property.
I will agree with you that the first amendment does grant you protection to freely exercice your religion without government regulation.
so, are we a muslim country now?
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