Originally Posted by
DVPGSR
Show me the federal law that explicitly states that there is a seperation of Church and state where the State cannot have any interaction with religion.
Our Constitution specifically states that there shall be no ESTABLISHMENT of religion. Support religion is not establishing religion. That clause was put in the Constitution to prohibit lawmakers from making this a Catholic, or Protestant, or Jewish nation where religion and government are intertwined and the people are forced to worship that religion only.
You're right. Unfortunetly, this administration has praised and promotes private non-profit organizations with strong religious affiliations.
Religion Trumps Regulation as Legal Exemptions Grow:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/bu...religious.html
Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/bu...religious.html
...and taking it further, I find it ironic that pharmacists are allowed descretion as to who is allowed the "morning after pill", and prescribed birth control. Even worse, hospitols that have religious affiliations have full descretion as far as rape victims go. If 13 year old Angela is raped and ends up in ER at St. Josephs instead of *insert name here* hospital, it's up to the hospitol to decide if abortion is an option — regardless of state law.
Makes me sick.