Maybe if you took the time to read the writings of the founding fathers you would understand their intentions on religions. Unfortunately, like everyone else who thinks this country was founded on christianity, you are misinformed.
The separation of church and state is very clear in the constitution..
Thomas Jefferson, who wrote about a "GIANT WALL OF SEPARATION" between church and state has been recognized over and over throughout history, yet the sources you listen to for your daily brain washing dont bother to tell you about it...
"Jefferson's metaphor of a wall of separation has been cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court. In
Reynolds v. United States (1879) the Court wrote that Jefferson's comments "
may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the [First] Amendment." In
Everson v. Board of Education (1947), Justice
Hugo Black wrote: "In the words of Thomas Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect a wall of separation between church and state."
The first amendment is a lot more than just a protection of free speech, and that is probably where your understanding of the 1st amendment ends.
However, note James Madisons take on religion...
"An August 15, 1789 entry in Madison's papers indicates he intended for the establishment clause to prevent the
government imposition of religious beliefs on individuals. The entry says: "Mr. Madison said he apprehended the meaning of the words to be, that Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any manner contrary to their conscience."
The Establishment Clause..
The Establishment Clause was written by Congressman
Fisher Ames in 1789, who derived it from discussions in the First Congress of various drafts that would become the amendments comprising the Bill of Rights. The second half of the Establishment Clause includes the
Free Exercise Clause, which attempts to guarantee freedom from
governmental interference in both private or public religious affairs of all kinds.
The Establishment Clause is a limitation placed upon the United States Congress preventing it from passing legislation respecting an establishment of religion. The second half of the Establishment Clause
inherently prohibits the government from preferring any one religion over another; which tends to allow for a greater harmony amongst all of the many denominations in the United States
Christians may want to force their beliefs on everyone else in the country, and taking steps to curb christians from forcing their religious beliefs on society no matter how small they may seem, is the first step in maintaining that GIANT WALL OF SEPARATION between church and state.
This is where it is supposed to get tricky, where we're supposed to question the supposed moral standards that one group holds over another. There is, and will always be, a need to keep religion out of the political spectrum.
To say that the 10 Commandments are what our laws are based on is to say that we are based on
one deity, one belief.
The first half of them commandments have nothing to do with societal needs, it's based on a jealous god that needs your worshiping abilities. The last portion of the list (6 on) are moral standards that are not exclusive to one group. That's to say that the Isrealites were led out of Egypt and then given these rules, with god and moses knowing that they were not good people. That's what that is implying.
When I hear that Christians are under attack in this country, it couldnt be more farther than the truth, however, what has been under attack in this country is the separation between church and state.
It began in 1955 when "in god we trust" was placed on our currency, or "under god" was placed into the pledge of allegiance. In small measures, christians continue to try and push their religion above all others in this country, and with the help of the republicans, they are attempting to bring down that GIANT WALL and gain an advantage over all other religions.
I reject this movement. The ten commandments have to come down from every state institution.
You have to be able to see the country's growing push towards the attempt to diminish the separation of church and state...and that is a Theocracy and not Democracy.
TOS.
