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Originally Posted by Khartoun2004
It is also the reason why we have a seperation of church and state in this country. Religion has no place in government policy, or laws. In the US the Constitution is the bible, not the First Testement.
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In principle, but in reality? To me the US look like an extremely religious country with no clear separation of church and state. The US president has to swear on a bible to become president, which is a blatant breach of the separation of church and state, no elected person should have to swear on a religious book to access a political position, unless the country is a theocracy. And as far as i know, it's the case for all official positions in the US, people have to swear on a bible and say speech including stuff like "and so help me god", where's the separation? You can't have a real separation of church and state when people keep making references to god in official contexts, which is the case of all US politicians who can't make a single public appearance without mentioning god. No, the US is close to a theocracy, religion is present everywhere and influences all political decisions.