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The First Amendment says that religion and government should remain separate. I have the right to freely observe that some religions are aggressively testing th

The First Amendment says that religion and government should remain separate. I have the right to freely observe that some religions are aggressively testing that boundary more than others. But, "intentionally misleading"? Can you please explain the ways I've mislead people? Here are some essays which go into the claims in more detail. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stepping-into-the-uncanny-unsettling-world-of-shen-yun https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stepping-into... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/technology/epoch-times-influence-falun-gong.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/technology/epoch-times-in... As for The Epoch Times' reputation, its slant is immediately obvious upon reading the paper or seeing YouTube ads for it.

rufus_foreman 3y ago
>> The First Amendment says that religion and government should remain separate That's not what it says. The US can't officially be Catholic. Nor can it officially be Protestant. That's what the first amendment says.
- hutzlibu 3y ago
  Well, I am not a american, but as far as I understand it, it does say it. "The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws that: regulate an establishment of religion; prohibit the free exercise of religion;" Any incorporation of religious organisations into the state fabric, would be an "establishment of religion". So of course open religious people can be part of the government. But the government may have no favourite religion it subsidizes, teaches in schools etc. or prefers in any way.
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- LegionMammal978 3y ago
  In practice, the Supreme Court has intepreted the First Amendment as implying full separation of church and state; for instance, school prayer is forbidden [0], even if it's voluntary and non-denominational. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_prayer_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_prayer_in_the_United_...

rufus_foreman 3y ago

>> The First Amendment says that religion and government should remain separate That's not what it says. The US can't officially be Catholic. Nor can it officially be Protestant. That's what the first amendment says.

hutzlibu 3y ago
Well, I am not a american, but as far as I understand it, it does say it. "The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws that: regulate an establishment of religion; prohibit the free exercise of religion;" Any incorporation of religious organisations into the state fabric, would be an "establishment of religion". So of course open religious people can be part of the government. But the government may have no favourite religion it subsidizes, teaches in schools etc. or prefers in any way.
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LegionMammal978 3y ago
In practice, the Supreme Court has intepreted the First Amendment as implying full separation of church and state; for instance, school prayer is forbidden [0], even if it's voluntary and non-denominational. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_prayer_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_prayer_in_the_United_...