AHHH, THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE... WHAT MISGUIDED STRETCH OF A LETTER THAT THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE TO A BAPTIST MINISTER. THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CHURCH SHOULD BE SEPARATE. HE NEVER MEANT THAT THE GOV SHOULD SEPARATE ITSELF FROM GOD.
Therein lies the rub, the difficulty, and the beginning of the distortion.
I'd like to know how the church in this country allowed this to fly for decades.
We who are people of faith are all responsible.
The story at WND is a constant chilling reminder: "UCLA student told she can't say 'Jesus'"
'UCLA is a public university where the doctrine of separation of church and state is observed, in order to respect the sheer diversity of religious beliefs among the people who come here. Since that is so, we do permit MCDB graduates to thank God in their words of wisdom, but we also ask that they refrain from making more specific religious references of any kind.'
"UCLA is a public university where the doctrine of separation of church and state is observed... Since that is so"
Oh really ... And, what law from the Constitution "says that is so" UCLA?
The definition of Doctrine from Webster: 1 teaching, instruction, Well, we can call this a false teaching, a distortion, a canard!
Webster on the word Canard: 1 a: a false or unfounded report or story ; especially : a fabricated report b: a groundless rumor or belief.
The 'Separation of Church and State' is that the Progressive secularists have forced fed the greatest generation and gens to this day.
I worked at ABC and a source told me that Peter Jennings, ABC News, reported one night on a story where he underscored a story in his own words siting the "Separation clause". His camera operator told him after that, the Separation of Church and State does not exist in the Constitution. Jennings told him that indeed it does. The man came into the studio the next day with his pocket booklet of the Constitution ... "It is not in here" and handed it to him. Jennings had him taken off his show.
Given the benefit of the doubt, Jennings was from Canada and probably believed what he said and most of the country believed as well.
But we continue calling it Constitutional but it is not. Our kids are being led by blind guides.
The Separation of Church and State in the Constitution? No that is a canard.
Like the character Hobs in the movie, The Natural asked, what's a canard?
It's a LIE ... a lie that changed America.
UPDATE: UCLA Allows Student to Thank Jesus at Graduation
The University of California in Los Angeles has responded to media pressure and agreed to allow a graduating student to thank Jesus in her personal statement.
YES WE CAN!!!
The phrase “separation of church and state” is but a metaphor to describe the underlying principle of the no-establishment-of-religion and free-exercise-of-religion clauses of the First Amendment and the no-religious-test-for-public-office clause of the Constitution. The absence of the phrase in the text of the Constitution assumes much importance, it seems, only to those who may have once labored under the misimpression the words appeared there and later learned of their mistake. To those familiar with the Constitution, the absence of the metaphor commonly used to describe one of its principles is inconsequential--no more consequential than the absence of other phrases (e.g., Bill of Rights, separation of powers, checks and balances, fair trial, religious liberty) used to describe other undoubted Constitutional principles.
ReplyDeleteThe First Amendment embodies the simple, just idea that each of us should be free to exercise his or her religious views without expecting that the government will endorse or promote those views and without fearing that the government will endorse or promote the religious views of others. Whatever one thinks of the metaphor, the principles are real and well established in our law and culture. No amount of hand waving about lies or myths will dislodge these bedrock principles.
Reasonable people may differ, of course, on how these principles should be applied in particular situations, but the principles are hardly to be doubted. Moreover, they are good, sound principles that should be nurtured and defended, not attacked. Efforts to transform our secular government into some form of religion-government partnership should be resisted by every patriot.
This is the problem folks INDEAP is a lawyer and a wordsmith and ignorant of the law!
ReplyDeleteThomas Jefferson's letter to the Baptist Pastor is quite easy to understand and clearly expressed.
America was not about to have a Church of England metaphorically speaking ... In America.