The Establishment Clause
The Separation of Church and State Exists in the United States for a reason and the Constitution mentions an Establishment Clause, here is what it says:
"The words "separation of church and state" do not appear in the U.S. Constitution, but the concept is enshrined in the very first freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Known as the Establishment Clause, the opening lines of the First Amendment prohibit the government from creating an official religion or favoring one religion (or nonreligion) over another.
The separation of church and state enables all Americans to practice their deeply held beliefs in private and in public."
Why the Separation of Church and State Matters
The founders disagreed about the exact meaning of "no establishment" under the First Amendment, and those arguments continue today. Ultimately, preventing the government from interfering with religion is an essential principle of religious liberty.
Without Separating Church from State, true religious Freedom is Impossible
Basically, what I learned was that this "Establishment Clause" exists because the people who came up with this clause knew that while they were still living in Europe they noticed how people killed each other when church and state tried to work together because of the different beliefs that people held. It was the catholic against the evangelicals and also other religions and they all fought each other. So the establishment of this clause prevents religion from interfering in government and therefore prevents people from killing each other over religion when it comes to government.
The separation of church and state enables all Americans to practice their deeply held beliefs in private and in public."
Why the Separation of Church and State Matters
The founders disagreed about the exact meaning of "no establishment" under the First Amendment, and those arguments continue today. Ultimately, preventing the government from interfering with religion is an essential principle of religious liberty.
Without Separating Church from State, true religious Freedom is Impossible
Basically, what I learned was that this "Establishment Clause" exists because the people who came up with this clause knew that while they were still living in Europe they noticed how people killed each other when church and state tried to work together because of the different beliefs that people held. It was the catholic against the evangelicals and also other religions and they all fought each other. So the establishment of this clause prevents religion from interfering in government and therefore prevents people from killing each other over religion when it comes to government.
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