The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Is the separation of church and state being threatened-again?

    By FurudeRikaChama on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 7:16pm |

    The separation of church and state is one of the most important changes made to our government. It allows all people to practice whatever religion they choose, while preventing them from making any established religion in the government or abolishing religion altogether.

    Once again, that fine line is in danger. The Republicans in Congress are once again trying to bend the rules by outlawing abortion and by trying to force Christianity back into government. That's dangerous talk, because I've noticed that the countries that are the most religious have the most amounts of violence, murder, and rape, while countries that are secular lack those things.

    What country has the most rates of violence? Us, of course. We also happen to be the most religious. Coincidence? I think not. What this means is that these constant attacks on the state have got to stop.

    Do we really want another theocracy? Look at the Inquisition and the Middle East. The second we allow these idiots to make their religion go into public office, torture and intimidation will be used on all who don't agree with their religion.

    Another warning bell was when the church of Westboro was backed up by the government, who say they allow them to make homophobic comments and get away with it? The Westboro church needs to keep their mouths shut.

    Here's what I think should happen to them:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5JCVa0D4P0

    Comments

    1 - Secular countries don't lack for violence, murder and rape, though some of them may have less than some religious countries. Check out this wiki page.

    2 - WBC's crazies are giving free speech a bad name, but how do you stop free speech you don't like without threatening free speech in general?


    by Donal on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 7:40pm

    Mho, it was not a freaky abnormality that it was Alito who was the lone dissenter on Westboro.


    by artappraiser on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 8:03pm

    Well, I hate to be a conspiracy nut, but I wouldn't be surprised if WBC was trying to weaken the First Amendment.


    by Donal on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 8:08pm

    Church who? State what?

    With the recent anti-muslim tirades, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the religious right is hell-bent on restructuring the 1st Amendment to read what they think the founding fathers meant that has been screwed up by the judiciary. Notice they've read the Federalist Papers and gleaned, out of context no less, the founding fathers were god-fearing right-wing christians...never did they infer other religions had a claim to free expression of their heathen religious rites. Also, keep in mind SCOTUS is not in any way shape or form representative of the law for the people...they're politicized.


    by Beetlejuice on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 11:21am

    "Is the separation of church and state being threatened-again? "

    Is the Pope Catholic?


    by oleeb on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 6:04pm

    He's German.


    by Beetlejuice on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 8:21pm