America wasn't founded as a theocracy. America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state, and at the same time, accomplish the social objective of having… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it… — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think our society is fragmented. Messages regarding human sexuality have always been mixed in America. We are a schizophrenic nation. We… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
“The Panic of 1819 sounded a wakeup call to some that the founders had been right after all in separating State and… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another - or even religious groups over secular… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today the separation of church and state is America is used to silence the church... The way the concept is used today… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“How could the Christian Church, apparently quite willingly, accommodate this weird megalomaniac [Constantine] in it's theocratic system? Was there a conscious bargain?… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
“Oh golly, Brer Fox, your forthright assertion—that evolutionary biology disproves the idea of a creator God—jeopardises the teaching of biology in science… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Resolved, That we especially protest against this present attempt to force all the people to follow the religious dictates of a part… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick Copy Share Image
Earlier in my political career, I had the opportunity to read the speech, and I almost threw up. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/post/santorum-says-he-almost-threw-up-after-reading-jfk-speech-on-separation-of-church-and-state/2012/02/26/gIQA91hubR_blog.html) — Michael C. Burgess Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology,… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
“Prosecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religious, or religions established… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the separation between church and… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think very few people realize how much the separation of church and state has to do with the fact that Americans… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Alongside my own deep personal faith, I am a follower, as well, of our civic religion. I am a big believer in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
One area where American Jews have something to teach Israel is religious pluralism, something that living in a democracy with a separation… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
Christmas: It's the only religious holiday that's also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
An enforced uniformity of religion throughout a nation or civil state, confounds the civil and religious, denies the principles of Christianity and… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
“The cross is a crisis point for all societies which seek to produce me in and women of quiescence, men and women… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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