separation of church and state

is nothing compared to the current separation between the church and God.

We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God' Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state. Abraham Joshua Heschel

is important --- Government endorsement of religion sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community.

[G]overnment endorsement . . . of religion . . . sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community.

is not absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.

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separation of church and state