Dec 26, 2006

Separation of Church and State

One of the most common rulings from the Supreme Court these days is 'unconstitutional'. Taking it by face value, one might say this is a good thing. I mean, don't we want to be constitutional? Most of these 'unconstitutional' rulings deal with separation of church and state. Unfortunately, justices these days have taken separation of Church and State to a drastic level. It might be interesting to note, that the phrase, "separation of church and state" is not found anywhere in the Constitution. It may be inferred by the Constitution stating our freedom of religion and direction to the government not to make laws that either prohibit or enhance religion, but often judges favor picking on the laws that enhance, rather then trying to stem the tide of the ones that prohibit. Obviously I am not a proponent of the church and state uniting, but the fact is this: I think the writers of the Constitution had in their minds the state-run religions of Europe when they talked about the separation of Church and State, not a government that occasionally funds religious institutions or promotes morality.

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