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Religious beliefs should not influence public policy. This applies to all sides of the spectrum from the middle east to the western world. This separation is not only brilliant but also exactly what our founding fathers in the US had in mind.
TheCrimsonComet
Too bad Republicans can't understand this.
ClickAllTheButtons
Too bad there's just no religion anywhere... The world would be better off.
YallNeedMises
You will never have separation of church & state because the State *is* the church. Statism is a cult. https://youtu.be/N6uVV2Dcqt0
balddragn
Can we just put government in the corner where it belongs please.
Khoshteep
Exactly what most Jews in Nazi Germany were thinking until it was too late.
thatreference
Separation of church and state according to our founding fathers was intended to ensure religious liberty against oppression by the state.
thatreference
Also the concept that religion and science can't coexist is the reason the real illuminati were persecuted by the Catholic church
bolharr2250
Separation from religious organizations for sure. But you can't force a democratic nation to ask it's people to forget their personal values
Khoshteep
People shouldn't have to forget their personal religious beliefs but the government shouldn't enforce one religion over another.
bolharr2250
True. As much as I would love a Christian theocracy, it needs to be peoples choice and as such the gov shouldn't enforce one over the other
AdolfHitlerandJosephStalinsbaby
This is wrong, the reason why the founding fathers wanted church and state to be different was to stop any one religion from being 1/2
AdolfHitlerandJosephStalinsbaby
To powerful.
procrastinatingagain
I could say one religion is too powerful.
ldbv1983
The problem is not religion. The problem is intolerance in religion. And all of them are intolerant.
Khoshteep
The problem in most governments is leaning towards one religion and vilifying others.
ldbv1983
Which is what religions do. If you're not part of them, you're against them