I really love how religious institutions and their followers pick and choose when they call for and agree with a separation of church and state… when its convenient with them.
Where was this outrage when zealots were pushing for prayer in tax payer funded schools? What about when they pushed for “intelligent design” to be taught as a… SCIENTIFIC THEORY in schools?
Where was this support for church state separation when they added “under god” to the Pledge of Allegiance back in the 1950s?
When two individuals wanted the same right to marry their partner the same way their counterparts do… but the religious outrage pushed and pandered and threw their bibles everything they had out to pass laws in many states to deny that right to certain individuals because… of their religious beliefs. Where was the support for church state separation then?
Don’t bitch about separation of church and state.. and then use it when it is convenient for your argument. Either you are for it… or you are not.
I believe he ailgns with some of the famous opinions of the founders, in that he recognizes the necessity for anyone in power to see the value of morality as religions often do. However, I don’t believe he is interested in giving power to any group of people over any other group of people, be it on the basis of religion, race, gender, or any other group characteristic. -8Was this answer helpful?