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Hat tip to Thomas and Hannah for the pic! How does this view in the context of your Constitution studies? What's the case history?
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posted by erdecker @ 11:05 AM
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Hat tip to Thomas and Hannah for the pic! How does this view in the context of your Constitution studies? What's the case history?
Ready for the test?
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Anyways, from what I gather from some quick googling (supreme court 1892 christian nation - 74,600 hits), was that the court affirmed that America is a 'christian nation". What this means is beyond me, other than that we use the Bible for the swearing-in of presidents, and that we have the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.
At this point I seem to hear atheists and liberals wailing in the background and from outside the garden walls, "But what about the separation of church and state? We demand that this nation honor the provision of separation of church and state!"
You know what? I don't have an answer for this yet.
By the way, the second paragraph (At this point I seem to hear atheists...Church and State!") is a quote from http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Constitution_Issues/christian_nation.htm
thanks for such a great insert!
Here is a link to the Wikipedia article of the case, Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 U.S. 457. The official text of the Supreme Court opinion is also available here.
The actual intent of the case was to allow foreign ministers to preach, avoiding a code that banned importing foreign labor.
- Thomas D
In general at the time, it was a Christian nation; so they weren't incorrect in their statement (I'm not go to get into the majority vs. the individuals debate). But because of "separation of church and state", I don't believe the supreme court could use that generalized fact as evidence to back anything. Although the "separation of church and state" has been highly questionable throughout the nation's history.
Having just studied the Constitution, and knowing that freedom of religion is one of our basic human rights, I don't like that the Supreme Court generalized us. I mean, I'm sure all they were doing was picking a religion based on the majority's preference, but by using it on a bumper sticker it's kind of like the person is trying to say we should act a certain way as Americans, instead of just observing a truth.
I also think before people can start talking about removing the "under God" part from our Pledge of Allegiance they need to reevaluate this case. Unless Supreme Court is going to make a new statement about the religion in America, it's not necessary to change one of our nations traditions.
I believe that it is unnecessary to include "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Consider this, some believe in different Gods, some believe in many Gods, some believe in no Gods at all. I think most people would find it offensive to say "one nation, not under God" so why should we be able to say "under God" if that is against certain peoples' beliefs just as "not under God" would be against certain other peoples' beliefs. If we just leave it out nobody is directly offended.
The seperation of church and state is a misunderstood statement. The fact is the moral codes that laid the foundation of our laws are based in religion. Seeing as both give rules for how people should conduct themselves; the state would have to become a nihilistic anarchy to avoid any connection to religion in general!
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