{"id":69078,"date":"2011-10-28T20:42:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T00:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/69078\/separation-church-state-you-america\/"},"modified":"2011-10-28T20:42:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T00:42:56","slug":"separation-church-state-you-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/69078\/separation-church-state-you-america\/","title":{"rendered":"No separation of church and state for you, America."},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s official.\u00a0 The Obama administration just trashed the petition to remove “under God” from currency.<\/font><\/p>\n

The brush off was released as follows:<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font>“Thank you for signing the petition<\/a> \u201cRemove “In God We Trust” from currency.” We appreciate your participation in the We the People platform on WhiteHouse.gov. <\/span><\/p>\n

The separation of church and state outlined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a> is an important founding principle of our nation. Our nation\u2019s Bill of Rights guarantees not only that the government cannot establish an official religion, but also guarantees citizens\u2019 rights to practice the religion of their choosing or no religion at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout our history, people of all faiths \u2013 as well as secular Americans \u2013 have played an important role in public life. And a robust dialogue about the role of religion in public life is an important part of our public discourse.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the President strongly supports every American\u2019s right to religious freedom and the separation of church and state, that does not mean there\u2019s no role for religion in the public square.<\/span><\/p>\n

When he was a Senator from Illinois, President Obama gave a keynote address at the Call to Renewal conference where he spoke about the important role religion plays in politics and in public life.<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

A sense of proportion should also guide those who police the boundaries between church and state. Not every mention of God in public is a breach to the wall of separation – context matters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s why President Obama supports the use of the words \u201cunder God\u201d in our Pledge of Allegiance and \u201cIn God we Trust\u201d on our currency. These phrases represent the important role religion plays in American public life, while we continue to recognize and protect the rights of secular Americans. As the President said in his inaugural address<\/a>, \u201cWe are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.\u201d We\u2019re proud of that heritage, and the strength it brings to our great country.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Something tells me most of the petitions on the White House site are going to get brushed away just like this one did.\u00a0 “Thank you for allowing us to pretend that your opinion matters, citizen.\u00a0 Now shut the fuck up and re-elect me.”<\/font>
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Well, it’s official.\u00a0 The Obama administration just trashed the petition to remove “under God” from currency. The brush off was released as follows: “Thank you for signing the petition \u201cRemove “In God We Trust” from currency.” We appreciate your participation in the We the People platform on WhiteHouse.gov. The separation of church and state outlined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1428],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}