Separation of Church and States: Republicans vs. Founding Fathers
There is no ambiguity in the line our Founding Fathers drew separating Church and State. Our Founding Fathers were very outspoken in their ideas. For example, Ben Franklin very specifically gave his opinion of government funding of religious institutions:
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Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 172
This week I return to an issue I discussed before: Republican cronies litterally killing our troops with no government oversight. This week Democratic Sentor Bob Casey is demanding an investigation of the electrocutions due to bad wiring that have been plaguing our military bases managed by a Hallibruton subsidiary. More below.
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The True Origin of the Concept of the Separation of Church and State
Moreover, Thomas Jefferson did not invent the concept of the Separation of Church and State.
Jesus did.
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Confronting Lies About Separation of Church & State
If you believe that separation of church and state is the best way to protect and extend religious liberty in the new millennium, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is your voice in Washington.Indeed. In 2005, J. Brent Walker, the Committee's executive director gave a speech at the McAfee School of Theology titled: Answering Ten Lies About Separation of Church and StateServing fourteen Baptist bodies, the Baptist Joint Committee is a non-profit 501(c)(3) education and advocacy organization that has worked for nearly seventy years promoting religious liberty for all and upholding the principle of church-state separation. Baptists have always understood that the two must go together.
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This Week in Blogging the Religious Right
The Greater Blogosphere is on the case.
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Blogorama on the Religious Right
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Alito Wants to Meet with Dobson
Well, OK. Then why does he want to meet with James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family and one of the top leaders of the Christian Right?
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