Thursday, November 15, 2012

Commentary on the post called, "You can't have your cake and eat it too"



This is a commentary on a post called , You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too. Yes, I agree this voids the churches 501c status as a non profit tax exempt organization that is limited on political activity. This type of freedom of speech doesn’t extend to churches when political endorsement is pushed.

While the actual phrase of separation of church and state isn’t in the constitution. There is an establishment clause in the first amendment basically stating the separation of church or state. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black that” on the belief that a union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.” A church supporting a candidate doesn’t actually go against separation of church and state, but let’s think about it the other way around. The GOP supporting Christianity in general.  Is this a violation of the establishment clause? I think Christianity and religion in general is a good thing that promotes closer communities. I don’t think that GOP which holds many elected offices should be so closely tied with Christianity. The church and state has been dissolved together in GOP.

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