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Originally Posted by Pete F.
If the authors of the constitution had wanted a religious state they would have written it.
They didn’t.
They were wise enough to realize organized religion is a means of control and purposely differentiated it from government.
When 2/3 of the Supreme Court is compromised of one religion and the Court has issues as an institution, perhaps it is wise to question.
Mario Cuomo said in 1984:
“The Catholic who holds political office in a pluralistic democracy — who is elected to serve Jews and Muslims, atheists and Protestants, as well as Catholics — bears special responsibility,” Cuomo said. “He or she undertakes to help create conditions under which all can live with a maximum of dignity and with a reasonable degree of freedom; where everyone who chooses may hold beliefs different from specifically Catholic ones — sometimes contradictory to them; where the laws protect people’s right to divorce, to use birth control and even to choose abortion.”
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they didn’t want a state sanctioned religion. but they didn’t exclude religion from the public square. Religion is on our currency, hindus mentioned in the founding documents, congressional
sessions often start with prayer…
there’s no official state religion like there is in Iran. but our principles are rooted in judeo christian principles. no one cares if you don’t happen to like that.