If you want to laugh/cry just go to r/conservative where today they are having infighting over the 10 commandments in schools and debating the definition of separation of church and state. You know, a philosophical debate that's been settled for hundreds of years.
The thing is the debate was settled but the results were not put into practice. There is still way to much religious ideology intertwined with government policy, so much so that it’s disgusting. And thats exactly why these people feel so entitled that everyone should follow their make-believe rule book.
Because it was mostly over sects of Christianity or at the very least the Christian adjacent. They never thought Buddhist, Muslims, or Jews would ever show up.
Separation of Church and State doesn't appear in the Constitution, it appeared once in a letter Jefferson wrote to someone.
Now, it has been argued that the First Amendment establishment clause settles this by saying "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
Now, that seems pretty clear, but it doesn't mean "all religions are equal and good, nor does it mean you are free from having to see any religion at all.
I don’t want to be free from seeing religion I just want there to be accountability to stop people from using religious motivations to pass laws. The whole anti-abortion movement is Christian led and they spew Christian ideology to defend it. That’s what I want to put an end to. You can believe what you want, but a religious group shouldn’t be able to decide how everyone else gets to live. How often do politicians bring up god? All the fucking time. It’s in a chant that we force children to say at school. It’s ridiculous.
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u/YamLow8097 9d ago
Bet they’re the same kind of people who complain that gay people are “shoving their beliefs down our throats”.