The findings suggest that American public opinion is starkly divided when it comes to the role of religion in the public square, and that our nation's proud tradition of church-state separation is threatened as never before.
Abraham H. Foxman
Related The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares rel... BEN SHAPIRO I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic pre... JOHN F. KENNEDY The administration is on the wrong side of public opinion and the American people when it comes to a... LAMAR SMITH The phrase ‘separation of church and state,’ which appears in no founding document (only in a le... DENNIS PRAGER For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other y... JOHN F. KENNEDY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with a party that has ... JOHN C. DANFORTH Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ough... JAMES MADISON Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficul... SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. THOMAS PAINE When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion it conveys a message of exclusion t... HARRY A. BLACKMUN There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of... JIMMY CARTER It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion. JOSEPH PAUL GOEBBELS It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion. JOSEPH GOEBBELS The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. SAMUEL BUTLER Do you know, where does this phrase "separation of Church and State" come from? It was not in Jeffer... GLEN URQUHART The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who hold to the original trad... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Jesus did not command us to "develop" leaders. He commanded us to make "disciples". The world "devel... JOHN PAUL WARREN Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowled... GEORGE WASHINGTON To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at... MAGGIE GALLAGHER The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our foundi... DAN BARKER The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our foundi... DAN BARKER We have taken account of all aspects, including scientific evidence, but it is clear that public opi... CATHY MARET The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does no... LYNDON B. JOHNSON Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes! DEYTH BANGER Public opinion is now overwhelmingly on our side as it becomes clearer every day that this occupatio... DUSTIN LANGLEY The dissenting opinion has continued since 1792 as a great American tradition. It is as true to the ... WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as i... STENDHAL The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON ...legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovere... THOMAS JEFFERSON The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless str... JAMES MADISON ...There is no such thing as ... separation of state and church ... in the Constitution. It's a lie ... PAT ROBERTSON They are telling wrongly the American public opinion and the world that Iraq is reproducing weapons ... TARIQ AZIZ In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promi... CHARLES EDISON Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord JAY SEKULOW There is an increasing push to compartmentalize faith separately from our life in the public square ... MIKE HUCKABEE Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must... RONALD REAGAN Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and c... JAMES MADISON They knew that to put God in the constitution was to put man out. They knew that the recognition of ... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under. RONALD REAGAN Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this co... CHARLES EVANS HUGHES The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister... TORI AMOS The tenet of the separation of church and state is an unconstitutional doctrine. SHARRON ANGLE Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permit... EMILE CAPOUYA Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. There is nothing that stops them, except the separation of church and state -- you can't be proselyt... DANA TOFIG Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho... JACK WHITEHALL The American people have heard the arguments in favor of state-sanctioned, same-sex marriage, in fav... TOM DELAY Belief has the power to change your inner state and your outer world. JOHN PAUL WARREN The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence... OS GUINNESS The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. GEORGE WASHINGTON Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our fro... KEN SALAZAR The secret of our success is that we never, never give up. WILMA MANKILLER The secret of my success is my hairspray. RICHARD GERE Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. PATRICK ROTHFUSS in the court of public opinion that he, and not Neil Bush, is the father of his son. ROBERT ANDREWS It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state. SEAN HANNITY The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and sword are in partn... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' nam... E.L. DOCTOROW Public opinion polls have shown that people support the mayor taking an aggressive role downtown and... KATHRYN WYLDE A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: inter... VACLAV HAVEL The cross has two sides to it. One side is what Jesus did for us. He forgave us our sins. The other ... JOHN PAUL WARREN The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and unsectarian public school in ever... HENRY CABOT LODGE I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families, ahead of our Constit... SENATOR JOHN KERRY The problem is that the American public is suspicious of executive power shrouded in secrecy. In the... JEH JOHNSON I suggest that a provision expressly state that the commission will not interfere in any way in the ... CLAUDE JORDA State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new. ADAM COHEN What's ... important about this case is that it validates the separation of church and state. Even m... LAWRENCE KRAUSS When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say... ARLEN SPECTER American public opinion is like an ocean -- it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon. HUBERT HUMPHREY American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY I have never met a happy atheist. I believe in separation of church and state, but I think we have g... DIXIE CARTER The American people want to preserve their American heritage, and they have the quaint belief that p... JOHN F. SEIBERLING Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political po... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civi... EMMELINE PANKHURST These displays are unusual in that they are all working displays. The public is encouraged to ask qu... KEVIN R. HACKETT The findings of our research suggest that an alternative approach (to climate change) is urgently ne... MARGO THORNING The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure withou... ULYSSES S. GRANT As we see thousands of public and private Christmas trees and nativity displays around the country, ... JAMES LANKFORD It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion infl... BRUCE JACKSON Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to p... BARBARA BOXER There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions. NICOLAS CHAMFORT There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions. SEBASTIAN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions. SéBASTIEN-ROCH NICOLAS DE CHAMFORT The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It appears that some school officials, teachers, and parents have assumed that religious expression ... BILL CLINTON The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public info... SPIRO T. AGNEW That (separation of church and state) was never in the Constitution, however much the liberals laugh... PAT ROBERTSON In a system of full capitalism, there should be (but, historically, has not yet been) a complete sep... AYN RAND Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnogra... EDWIN HATCH Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rott... TIMOTHY THOMAS FORTUNE The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY Congress has taken her opinion -- and they know it's simply opinion -- and dressed it up as fact, an... BRUCE HILER If I were in the White House, I would be pretty pleased about this. It does suggest pretty strongly ... CHARLES FRANKLIN
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