Church-State Separation
Comments debate the US principle of separation of church and state, citing the First Amendment, religious freedoms, tax privileges for churches, and concerns over government establishment or favoritism of religion.
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The US has a clear separation of church and state. Christian Values != Christian Laws
Separation of church and state is a thing.
the part about "people of different religions" violates the 1st amendment to the constitution.
The new state religion is diversity and to question it makes one a heretic. Why can't it be discussed dispassionately the same way we discuss climate change? Maybe we shouldn't subsidize policies that have negative effects for citizens?
Isn't this the US, the country of freedom of things like religion? Just asking for a friend.
Being treated from tax perspective the same way as every other legal entity without extraordinary privilege is “breaking separation of church and state”?
Not sure what your comment has to do with a country that forbids the establishment of state religion.
Is the US government preferring one religion over others?
If you live in a country where Christianity is the state religion, you could just disallow the call to prayer on account of the fact it is not Christian. (One advantage of a state religion is that you can do stuff like this. Of course, you have to be careful not to take it too far - condemning unbelievers to death might be a bit much, for example.)
I don't know if it's technically a law per se but yea there is in the US:> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.this has generally been opined to imply a separation of church and state since any state endorsement of a religion (any directly state