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Matt H
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Matt H asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 9 years ago

Conservatives against Separation of Church and State, what do you think of this:?

"We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate." -Ronald Reagan.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    and?

    too bad liberals hate the constitution and

    shitt on it daily

    Source(s): FACT
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    OMG The hypocrisy!!

    Damn damn damn! Now I cannot claim Reagan as my God anymore!

    Hmmmmm...wait, wait, wait for it...YES I CAN!!

    I damn well know that Reagan raised taxes numerous times yet I still deny that reality and insert the 21st Century Conservative history revisionism fantasy that says Reagan lowered taxes.

    I just do the same here.

    Ronald Reagan said "Let the Pope have an American Puppet President, let Jesus rule this land!!"

    Whew!!! I was worried for a moment.

  • 9 years ago

    Conservatives are not against the separation. Liberals are.

    The constitution says the government shall make no laws pertaining to religion. No laws. It;s the liberals who make all sorts of laws about religion: No religious symbols in public, no silent prayer allowed in school, etc...

    If a conservative wanted to enforce a religion, then he would indeed be violating the clause, but then he is not really a conservative.

    Conservatives want to be left alone, not harassed by liberals. Reagan was totally right.

  • 9 years ago

    "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any of these should consider a conquest over the conscience of men either attainable or applicable to any desirable purpose " Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

    I remain with Thomas Jefferson the principle author of the Declaration of Independence, on Separation of Church and State.

    For Liberty!

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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  • Good luck getting any self-absorbed conservative to view anything historical through anything but a dissonance-centric, reality filter.

    It's more important for conservatives to reinforce a conservative revisionist fantasy narrative than to accept the harsh reality of inherent conservative policy failures when juxtaposed with reasonable liberty-centric liberal policies which are the most difficult policies to enact due to over-reactive regressive political opposition to anything that benefits society as a whole.

    Source(s): history
  • 9 years ago

    Separation of church and state means no laws which honor an institution of religion and no laws which prohibit the free exercise of religion. That's what the First Amendment says at least.

    The last time I checked, I don't think anybody's forcing you to go to church. But you guys attack anybody in politics that is religious.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    No Conservative is against separation of church and state.

    No conservative that I know or have heard advocates for a state sponsored religion.

    The problem is what you believe that separation is.

    No church today dictates to our government.

    Btw, Public schools are NOT the State and were never intended too be.

    Still public schools do not dictate religion.

    Also, many people appose gay marriage because they believe it is immoral, people of all faiths and no faith.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    thomas jefferson said the First Amendment was designed to provide a wall of separation between church and state.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I agree with the separation of church and state. But, his claim is disputable due to the probability that he swore on a bible.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I'm all for that. Then we can start being objective about issues like gay marriage/civil unions without using religion as a weapon in debates.

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