The case for separation of church and state 34 Articles

by Casey Clay

The creation of a national church was one of the greatest fears of the American people during the 18th and century. Most states in the Union refused to sign the Constitution of the United States without the promise of the...read more

by Corey Kealiher

The modern myth enveloping the idea behind the "separation of church and state" comes from a misinterpretation of a letter written by president Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to a group in Connecticut known as the Danbury Baptis...read more

by Matthew Spearman

The case for separation of church and state was made more than 200 years ago at the birth of this nation. The founding fathers who drafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights made the case long ago. The very first words ...read more

by David Eisenbeisz

The separation between church and state has been long dead in the United States, but few of our citizens, and fewer of our children, understand how to distinguish between "religious" doctrine and what is often presented by...read more

by Michael

In a great many countries around the world, the separation of church and state is embedded in the repspective constitutions. The reasons for this separation are quite clear. Everyone living in a society is part of that soc...read more

by W. Lane Startin

You wouldn't drive a nail with a screwdriver, so why would you promote morality with government? As we all know, a common complaint the Religious Right has against people like us who dare to oppose their attempts at the...read more

by Hadleigh Roberts

"Governments have been able to capitulate, give in to panic, forget honour, and launch its citizens into servitude" wrote French President, General Charles de Gaulle. But, to whom have they capitulated? God, Religion and t...read more

by Norman Weibel

The colonists were a divergent lot with regard to religion. In most colonies, the colonists had come from kingdoms and principalities in which church and state were combined. Most had felt persecution of one kind or anothe...read more

by LR Swartz

Think for a minute, church and state. Are we justified in mixing religion with politics? Should I tell you how to live your life depending on what my faith is? Should the President of the United States or the Governor o...read more

by Herr Kub

The founding fathers engineered a compromise in the First Amendment of the US Constitution regarding the freedom of religion. Thomas Jefferson's reference to the "wall of separation" in his correspondence with the Danbury ...read more

by Albino Cordeiro Junior

Separation of Church and State is a very desirable thing for any church, for separation means freedom to be a pure Church. The History has shown repeatedly, and it is rectified presently on every communist state and in ...read more

by Josh Krieger

Europe, 1492. The United States of America, 2007. These two historical examples are all that is necessary to demonstrate the need for the separation of church and state. We'll start with Europe, and particularly Spain. ...read more

by Nouri Arif

The church and the state govern over two vastly different aspects of the lives of citizens. The first governs the spiritual aspect the second governs everything else. Both exercise a tremendous hold and control over...read more

by Sean Davis

The people who would have you believe that there is no such thing as a separation of church and state in the U.S. Constitution due to the fact it is not spelled out as a single sentence. We are all familiar with artic...read more

by C. A. Pruit

Should Churches be kept separate from Government control? The main question is do you want the state to tell you what you will and won't believe? The quickest way to the overthrow of personal freedoms, is to give the gover...read more

by Jerry Curtis

The case for separation of church and state was made long before 1789, the year our Constitution was already ratified and George Washington was sworn in as our first president. The case was made dramatically 97 years befor...read more

by Will Kester

I respect the writings of Thomas Jefferson, but I don't agree with all he wrote, just most of it. He envisioned a wall of separation between church and state. I envision it as a fence. A fence marks the boundary between...read more

by D. James

Separation of Church and State: Watch the wording! If we follow the path of our forefathers and understand their true meaning, than yes there needs to be a separation of Church and State. But notice the seeming contrad...read more

by Dylan Riley

Jesus said the kingdom of God is not a political kingdom. And more recently, John Milton also reminded us of the dangers of trying to make a heaven out of anywhere else, in his epic poem 'Paradise Lost.' In the beginning...read more

by John Hale

Unless the United States wants to convert to a theocracy, the Christian church has no business in state affairs until it is willing to concede equal access to Buddhists, Muslims and Satanists. The church needs to standa...read more