The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't.
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Related The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with a party that has ... JOHN C. DANFORTH The phrase ‘separation of church and state,’ which appears in no founding document (only in a le... DENNIS PRAGER Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ough... JAMES MADISON I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic pre... JOHN F. KENNEDY Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must... RONALD REAGAN Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and c... JAMES MADISON For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other y... JOHN F. KENNEDY They knew that to put God in the constitution was to put man out. They knew that the recognition of ... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under. RONALD REAGAN Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficul... SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. THOMAS PAINE When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion it conveys a message of exclusion t... HARRY A. BLACKMUN The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' nam... E.L. DOCTOROW Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or posse... JOHN LOCKE Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person... ALCEE HASTINGS But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The ri... THOMAS JEFFERSON Where the preamble declares that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our rel... THOMAS JEFFERSON The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares rel... BEN SHAPIRO The way liberals are interpreting the First Amendment today is that it prevents anyone who is religi... RUSH LIMBAUGH The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our foundi... DAN BARKER The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our foundi... DAN BARKER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. GEORGE WASHINGTON I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual ... WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to sep... ADAM COHEN Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD As to Science, she has never sought to ally herself to civil power. She has never attempted to throw... JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT ...legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovere... THOMAS JEFFERSON The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and sword are in partn... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a... HARRY TRUMAN The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless str... JAMES MADISON The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON This candidacy was supposed to be a tool -- to make a point that we want the state to be the state f... AZMI BISHARA To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the ... STANLEY HAUERWAS It's said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. That's false, tragically f... JACOB BRONOWSKI I have never met a happy atheist. I believe in separation of church and state, but I think we have g... DIXIE CARTER Each member of the Lord's body is directly connected and answers only to the Lord Jesus as the Head. HENRY HON I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Christians - at least Christians in a liberal democracy - have accepted, after Thomas Hobbes, that t... AYAAN HIRSI ALI One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the d... GARRY KASPAROV We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. . . . We find no such Const... WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the eq... THOMAS PAINE State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new. ADAM COHEN In a system of full capitalism, there should be (but, historically, has not yet been) a complete sep... AYN RAND The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which ... ALBERT EINSTEIN As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian rel... JOHN ADAMS ...There is no such thing as ... separation of state and church ... in the Constitution. It's a lie ... PAT ROBERTSON You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Nothing in the world matters if you don't matter. STEVEN CUOCO It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state. SEAN HANNITY In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution. E. O. WILSON Do you know, where does this phrase "separation of Church and State" come from? It was not in Jeffer... GLEN URQUHART May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS We live in the present with knowledge that the past is alive in us – our history speaks to us. The... KILROY J. OLDSTER The more God is glorified the more man is energic and the more satan is weak. INDONESIA123 In a world of words, anything is possible... LAURA WRIGHT LAROCHE When each and every believer rises up to serve others and function according to their capacity, the ... HENRY HON The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who hold to the original trad... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�... CHERYL R COWTAN Representative government, the supremacy of parliament, the independence of the judiciary, separatio... GEOFFREY ROBERTSON The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does no... LYNDON B. JOHNSON Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be b... ARISTOTLE We sang the song as children of the mystery that we hoped to one day comprehend and now, at last, we... MISHI MCCOY I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA There should be absolutely no "Separation of Church and State" in America DAVID BARTON Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a... POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth... POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro... POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. POPE JOHN PAUL II An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. POPE JOHN PAUL II The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi... POPE JOHN PAUL II The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d... POPE JOHN PAUL II To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the... POPE JOHN PAUL II Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ... POPE JOHN PAUL II When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e... POPE JOHN PAUL II You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t... POPE JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow. POPE JOHN PAUL II The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. POPE JOHN PAUL II
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