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There are not enough separation of Church vs State in the US - not like in most other countries it is compared to. Religion has a lot of power still. But yes it
by Dah00n 4y ago
There are not enough separation of Church vs State in the US - not like in most other countries it is compared to. Religion has a lot of power still. But yes it should be absolute separation.
- parminya 4y agoThe UK has one or two state religions, bishops ex officio have seats in (the less powerful house of) parliament, and the upcoming coronation of their king will be a church service (with communion and all). Germany collects taxes on behalf of religious communities. Australia and Canada regularly send public money to religious schools. I don't think the separation of the Church and State in the US is particularly less than normal. The separation of Church and Politics in the US is probably less than normal, but that's an entirely separate matter, which - to the extent that is antidemocratic - can probably only be addressed by democratic reform.
- treeman79 4y agoThere is nothing in the constitution about separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson did not want to establish a state religion. Many people use that to try and eliminate religion all together.
- hunglee2 4y agocouldn't agree more, though the influence of 'Church' in the US is really via tax carve outs and a kind of influence diffused across a wide variety of religious institutions and (sometimes hidden) affiliations. There isn't a centralised institution calling the shots, unlike what you see in Christian sects in East Asia (S.Korea, Japan, Taiwan) or with Islamic councils in M/E (Iran, Saudi etc). This actually makes if harder to separate in the US, as the lines aren't always explicit