osamanobama said:
ps: separation of church and state isnt in our constitution, no where. the first amendment was made to protect religion from government. also did you know it is lawful for states to have a state religion. also its not freedom from religion (which you would very much like to have, well really only christianity). its freedom of religion. |
You shouldn't take "god given" literally. Which god? The Christian god? Isn't that endorsing a religion? Such an argument would also be terribly weak, as it depends on the acception of the religion where the god who gives rights exists in.
Rights are abstract concepts created by humans. The Government is the instance in charge of giving people rights and protecting such rights. Without a Government you have no rights.
You also seem to have a problem with the concept of "freedom of religion". It means that you have the freedom to practice any religion you want, while simoltaneously being free FROM practicing religions you don't want to follow (in other words, freedom of religion implies freedom FROM the religions you don't want to follow). You cannot have freedom of religion when laws are made based on the doctrine of a particular religion, because that would include forcing people to practice a religion they may not want to follow, thus disrespecting their freedom of religion.
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