Monday, September 24, 2007
Blog 4 Carter: The Separation of Church and State
Carter is basically speaking about how and why the separation of the church and state came about. The separation of the church and state was originated in the First Amendment to protect religion from the state, and to secure religious liberty. Carter named few religious cases were the state and church were in quarrel. One of which was the Lemon vs. Kurtzman which is often referred to. Carter states that according to surveys the removal of prayer in public schools is the most unpopular within the controversial rulings between church and state. Prayer being removed from public schools was extremely justifiable according to Carter, and I totally agree. We don’t all pray to the same god so praying in favor of just Christianity or one other choice religion would have been unfair to those of different religions. Although I agree with the fact that our government can never be fully rid of religion, I fully believe that our religion should be protected from government interference.
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I interpreted the point of Carter's essay slightly differently but there are some things I agree with. I do think that it's the government's duty to protect the freedom of religion, and that anything that is government related shouldn't try to impose any religion on others.
I agree as well, I feel that the government should look after and protect the different views of religion. Also that the government for any reason should never interfere with the religious views of others.
I agree that it was right for enforced prayer to be removed from public schools. I really don't see the big issue, since nothing forbids students from praying for themselves, it merely keeps the school from forcing prayer upon students.
I liked the fact you talked about the Lemon vs. Kurtzman, I too thought that was a perfect example of the separation of church and state. I agree with your veiws that the government should protect religion; religion is not a corrupt issue or idea that will ruin the government, so I do not see the harm in it being in political affairs.
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