And I happen to have read another founding document called the US Constitution, and it has a nifty little part of it called "The First Amendment."
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
If they really wanted to bring God into politics, would they have written that part about "an establishment of religion"?
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Separation of Church and State, not God and State.
@SkepTex10mos10MO
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“Separation of religion and government” is what I prefer. Should be a strict enough phrase that you can’t pretend it doesn’t mean what it clearly means.
@Renaldo-MoonGreen11mos11MO
you can't have one but not the other. God is part of the church so you can't have god in the state but not God.
@MAGA_Deplorable9mos9MO
You and I both know (I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming you have a nonzero IQ here) that basing laws on religious values is a far cry from Congress creating a National Church of the United States that all taxpayers are required to send money to. The First Amendment was written to prevent THAT, it was NOT written to make America a Secular Nation, that's for dang sure.
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Basing laws on YOUR religious values is “respecting an establishment of religion.”
“"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."If they really wanted to bring God into politics, would they have written that part about "an establishment of religion"?”
I don't think you understand what that part of the first amendment even means. It doe NOT mean that they wanted us to have a christian nation, or wanted us to bring religion into our government. It in facts means the exact opposite.
"The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion".
This clause, known as the Establishment Clause, was written primarily by James Madison.
It reflects the widespread agreement after Independence that there should be no nationally established church."
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