America is proud to be a secular state?
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For some odd reason an American diplomat made this statement at a conference in Pakistan:
Terming religion and politics as complicated issues, she said the US was proud of being a secular state. She told the participants that the word “religion” only appeared twice in 27 amendments in the US Constitution since the 17th century. “The word ‘God’ never appears,” she added.
Would be nice if the word god never appeared again outside of history books.
The diplomat said the US Constitution clearly stated that no religious test would be required to employ anyone in public offices. The Constitution, she added, restricted the Congress from making laws that confined religious practices or denied freedom of expression. She observed that religion was a personal matter of a person. She said in public schools in the US, children were free to pray according to their own religions. ...
Of course the Constitution is a 'living document' meaning if the fundagelicals ever manage to stack the Supreme Court the interpretations might become as dangerous as they would be bizarre.
US is secular despite high number of churchgoers, says US diplomat
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Posted by: max | May 5, 2005 2:09 AM