The World Motivation
It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government.
“It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government.”
It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government.
I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to acknowledge God if I were to resume my position as chief justice. And I said I would.
Power's not what the Constitution was about.
They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge.
The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment.
Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.
I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.
One area where American Jews have something to teach Israel is religious pluralism, something that living in a democracy with a separation between church and state has helped us fine-tune.
State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.
The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.