The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldnt interfere with the religious vision or with the religious prophet. There must be a realm of truth beyond political competence, thats why there must be a separation of churches, but if religion is bad and a bad religion is one that gives an ultimate sanctity to some particular cause. Then religion mustnt interfere with the state — so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state. … A church has the right to set its own standards within its community. I dont think it has a right to prohibit birth control or to enforce upon a secular society its conception of divorce and the indissolubility of the marriage tie. Reinhold Niebuhr en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 06:28:49 +0000
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