Based on the last 20 years of politics, do you believe that true separation between church and state is possible?
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I assume you are talking about the USA - I am not from the United States, so my observations may be wide of the mark. Based on what I see on Answerbag, where so many questions about the Presidential Election are religion-based, it appears to me that a substantial number of US citizens don't want state and religion to be separate. As long as that remains the case I don't see how the two can be truly separated.
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No but it is making Governments way more corrupt it reminds me of Russia or the USSR in the 70's no freedom of religion what so ever.
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There seems to be a great deal of confusion about what Spearation of Church and State actually entails. The First Ammendment clearly states that: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." That's right: OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE OF. Our leaders are not prohibited from being religious. To demand so actually VIOLATES the First Ammendment. Prohibiting religion would go against Jefferson's tenet of religious liberty. The "Wall of Separation" that Jefferson refered to in his Danbury Letter (which is where the phrase "Separation of Church and State" came from....NOT the Constitution) was a way of ensuring religious liberty...LIBERTY for ALL religions. The US has no state religion. Citizens are not forced to financially support a "State Church". Our citizens are allowed to practice their respective religions free of state mandated persecution. I'd say Jefferson's Wall of Separation and belief in religious libery is alive and well.
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