For me, it’s church
For me, it’s church and state, not church in state, and I really feel there are some churches in central Ohio crossing that line. Eric Williams
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For me, it’s church and state, not church in state, and I really feel there are some churches in central Ohio crossing that line. Eric Williams
I believe in the separation of church and planet. Eric Idle
For democrats, it’s as crucial to defend secular culture as to preserve secular law. And in fact the two projects are inseparable: When religion defines morality, the wall between church and state comes to be seen as immoral. Ellen Willis
Resolved, That we especially protest against this present attempt to force all the people to follow the religious dictates of a part of the people, as establishing a precedent for the entrance of a most dangerous complicity between Church and State, thereby subtly undermining the foundation of liberty, so carefully laid by the wisdom of … Read more
As women are taking an active part in pressing on the consideration of Congress many narrow sectarian measures, such as more rigid Sunday laws, the stopping of travel, the distribution of the mail on that day, and the introduction of the name of God into the Constitution; and as this action on the part of … Read more
It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American principle of eternal separation between Church and State. Elihu Root
The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . . To change these traditions . . . would be harmful to our whole attitude of tolerance in the religious area. If we look at situations which have arisen in the … Read more
The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of deep religious faith. They may be tempted to misuse government in order to impose a value which they cannot persuade others to accept. But once we succumb to that temptation, we step onto a slippery slope where everyone’s freedom is … Read more
Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power. Edward Kennedy
The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed. Franklin D. Roosevelt