John McCain on Separation of Church and State

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[booste30]

The VERY FIRST AMENDMENT of the constitution is based on the Separation of church and state. The paramount reason why the forefathers came to this country was for religious freedom. They listed it as their top goal in forming America. Matter of fact most of the fore fathers werent even Christian, but deist, atheist and agnostic. This is not a "Christian based nation." Ridiculous...

[Morrigan421]

What? WHAT? Is he really THAT slimy?! I didn't know he was this bad!

[zzyzx0788]

....can I suggest something to people? To those who are religious? Why we DO have separation of church and state and why thats a GOOD thing?

If you're a protestant, you don't want your children being taught Catholic things in school. If you're a protestant, you may not want your kids being taught a literal interpretation of the bible. This is a GOOD thing. Keeping government religiously neutral allows everyone to not feel alienated and to believe what they want.

[nkryan5787]

This is filled with factually incorrect statements.

The Treaty of Tripoli (as signed by president John Adams with the unanimous consent of the Senate) states "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion".

The phrase "in god we trust" was not the national motto until the 1950s, hence no founding father ever supported it. The national motto they gave us was "e pluribus unum", latin for "out of many, one"

[h2opolodan11]

He's right... "Separation of Church and State" means no STATE-ENFORCED DENOMINATION... and not keep faith based principles out of the government...

[LordKaisen]

i do not want a theocracy come 2012. whoever doesn't represent god-fearing theocrats is the person i support.

[Jarydashcroft]

wait.. what? did he really just say that there's a statue with the saying "we walk on the poor, the tired, the huddled masses?"

And yet christians (i don't deem it being capitalized) still follow this BS?

[flammingbutter]

Add another reason why I love Sweden, where the debate is on how much to tax the church businesses there.

[44fastgun]

No, the constitution does not establish a Christian nation. Although we still abide by the Constitution, I'm quite certain that Christianity's founder does not classify the general behavior of the USA as Christianlike.

[deathtoawkward]

I didn't even know that seperation of church and state was questioned... by anyone.

[OnewhoWonders1]

We welcome the poor, the huddled, the tired masses huh? Is that going to be the motto for your border fence construction team? The land of religious tolerance should be a land of Christian government huh? I'm sure that will work out FANTASTICALLY for everyone who the Christians deem worthy of having rights. If we are at a point where the government thinks that the separation of church and state was an unintentional accident, then I'm sorry but I'm moving to Canada.