Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Originally posted by: tm37
Originally posted by: Fencer128
Originally posted by: Ldir
Originally posted by: Genesys
i hate the aclu and want them to "dissappear"
Every American should join the ACLU. It guards the Constitution from totalitarianism.
Apart from the fact that is doesn't "guard" *all* of the constitution. Ammendment 2 for example. It has it's merits. Defense of separation of church and state for example. Freedom of speech another. But there are reasons why one would support these aims but not support the ACLU.
Cheers,
Andy
Could you please point me to where the constitution demands a
seperation of church and state?
1st Amendment of the US Constitution...
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Whether you see it as "demands" or not depends on which side of the argument you fall upon, but the bulk of legal scholars and Supreme Court decisions (which have to do exclusively with constitutional interpretation) have translated it to mean that there is a wall separating the Church and the State. Obviously, practice is a completely different thing.
The problem occurs when self-righteous religious people feel they need laws enacted to represent their interests, at the cost of others'. The separation of Church and State is one of the most valuable tenets of the constitution and should be defended at all costs if we are to preserve the diversity in the marketplace of ideas. If religious people really feel they need the assistance of the state to reinforce and support their belief through legislation, what does that say about the strength of the faith? I think it dose nothing but show its weakness...