Originally posted by CAF51
WTF, it's not like any of them actually follow the Bible, besides swearing on a Bible is technically wrong, "Seperation of Church and state." It's just a book!
There is NO place in the Consitution that makes the statement "Seperation of Church and State"
Nor was your understanding of the clause its technical intent.
If it was. Why would one of the first things Congress did after the Constitution was written was hire a Chaplin?
Why would there heve been prayer prior to congress being in session for the last 200+ years. A Tradition that continues to this day.
I could go on ut I have been over this before
There are all sorts of things that point to the "Seperation Clause" (which is really called "the establishment clause" Not being intented as it is interpeted today.
And before someone gets going on Jefferson being an Athiest.
Turns out he wasnt. Not in the way he is commonly thought to have been.
Seems what he really was. Was much like the rest of us today.
A Flip Flopper on the issue.
Sometimes religeous Sometimes not
.
Constitutionally you cant bar the people in Government from religeon anyway without infringing on their rights whichever religeon it may be.
such as "The Church of Englad"
In any event. The idea wasnt to exclude all religeon from government.
Only to prevent the government from forming of one specific official national religeon.
For that reason all religeons are safe. Even in Government.
For that reaon. You can have a Christian,Jew. Muslam, or devil worshiper for that matter in government. swear in on whatever book he chooses. or none at all if that is chosen.
And even though that person is in office, any office. They cannot form say "The American Church of Islam" and make it the official religeon
As that would violate the Establishment clause which bars the government from
"Forming an establishment
of religeon"
