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In the United States the First Amendment to the Constitution states that there should be no establishment of religion--
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.
Government should not foist any religion on me, nor should it prevent me to worship in the way I want.
AnswerReligion and government must be separate because our society is multi-faceted with numerous religious denominations and every other degree of belief and non-belief in deities. A government-sponsored religion would choose one and then force the people to obey the doctrines of that religion. Its doctrines would inform the laws, its religious leaders will gain too much power and that type of power corrupts. Religious majorities have historically been extremely unfair to minorities. The separation between church and state must be guarded in order to preserve freedom.
Most of the founders viewed religious interference as damaging to government. Most were deists who believe in the existence of a remote deity who got things started and then backed off, not interfering with the day-to-day existence of humankind. The type of religionists who want to deny church-state separation today seek to impose their man-made religious dogma on the society-at-large. That is exactly what the founders sought to avoid.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoBecause every free individual in a free society should have the right to worship as he or she sees fit, as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others. The United States Constitution protects its citizen's rights regarding this issue. It is why our forefathers left Europe. As an aside, it follows that the followers of any religion that do not respect other religions should leave the country in which religious freedom is guaranteed.
Thank God that Benjamin Franklin was there to edit the document penned by Thomas Jefferson. At his funeral, the leaders of every religious denomination in our country at the time held hand in procession and in respect for this Divinely Inspired Man.
JimA
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∙ 13y agoIt is not important, at all, to separate religion from the "State" (the government)
What IS important, and is the ONLY restriction in the US Constitution is that the Federal government make no laws regarding the practice of religion . . . that is, the government cannot make a law, for example, saying that Islam must be taught in schools, but Christianity cannot be taught. That would be unConstitutional.
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∙ 11y agoBecause over the history of mankind, religious groups and individuals have used religion to manipulate governments to obtain power and riches, and a lot of people are tired of it. Since the beginning of human history, people have tried to reign over others, and have used all of their resources available... including the superstition and the need that humans have to worship God.
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