Rick Santorum Ayatollah Rick says he opposes separation between church and state

Honestly if they have that "right" then they are no better than the federal government.

If you don't like it work to get a constitutional amendment passed in your state barring the state from banning any substance. Until then, they do.

The federal government, without an amendment, does not have the right to ban anything.
 
Niether the Federal government or the states should have the right to regulate commerce.

That's what I believe.
 
Clearly the federal constitution or state constitution are wrong if that's what they say.

Natural Rights,etc override the bad laws if this is the case.
 
Clearly the federal constitution or state constitution are wrong if that's what they say.

Natural Rights,etc override the bad laws if this is the case.

Before the Constitution, the KING had complete say about your life and your property. Would you like to go back to a Monarchy?
 
Before the Constitution, the KING had complete say about your life and your property. Would you like to go back to a Monarchy?

Nope. I support MY VIEWS.

Laws that violate natural rights should be protested and thrown out.
 
Kennedy was also the first Catholic president so he eased fears among Americans by pledging to separate church and state and he won.

What Ayatollah is saying is that no, he wants the Pope to influence U.S. domestic policy.
 
Kennedy was also the first Catholic president so he eased fears among Americans by pledging to separate church and state and he won.

What Ayatollah is saying is that no, he wants the Pope to influence U.S. domestic policy.

When did he say that?
 
Santorum he doesn't accept separation between church and state as Kennedy did in his speech.

He's Catholic so it doesn't make sense that he wants Protestants to influence the government. He is saying that he wants Catholicism and his religion to run the country,
 
Santorum he doesn't accept separation between church and state as Kennedy did in his speech.

He's Catholic so it doesn't make sense that he wants Protestants to influence the government. He is saying that he wants Catholicism and his religion to run the country,

That's not what he was saying...did you even bother reading what he said?

I think most people here and Ron Paul would agree with what he was saying. He was saying that the 1st Amendment has been twisted to preclude all religious speech in a public setting, when the original intent was to protect free speech and the exercise of religion. Read the 1st Amendment, exactly what it says is what it means. It does not ban public prayer, public displays of religion and things of that sorts.
 
Yes it is what he's saying. JFK supported a complete separation.

Santorum says he's a Catholic and he also says the idea of a separation makes him vomit.

I don’t believe in an America where the separation between 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 visions of our country.
-Santorum

I don't believe for a second that he is saying that he wants Protestantism to influence the government when he is a Catholic. He wants the Pope to influence the government. He's also a supporter of Opus Dei, which considers Martin Luther a heretic and wants to role back the reformation.
 
Yes it is what he's saying. JFK supported a complete separation.

Santorum says he's a Catholic and he also says the idea of a separation makes him vomit.



I don't believe for a second that he is saying that he wants Protestantism to influence the government when he is a Catholic. He wants the Pope to influence the government. He's also a supporter of Opus Dei, which considers Martin Luther a heretic and wants to role back the reformation.

Are you really that thick to understand what that quote means? It's also Ron Paul's position that the church (meaning organized Christianity) does have a role in the public sphere.
 
Are you really that thick to understand what that quote means? It's also Ron Paul's position that the church (meaning organized Christianity) does have a role in the public sphere.

No, you're that thick headed.

I don't believe for a second that he is talking about Protestantism.
 
No, you're that thick headed.

I don't believe for a second that he is talking about Protestantism.

Believe what you want. But read the entire thing he said, it's clear he's not talking about religious organizations being involved in government, but that the 1st amendment has been so twisted that it effectively bans any mention and exercise of religion in public institutions such as prayer in school or the display of the 10 commandments in government buildings.

It has nothing to do with the Catholic Church seizing control of the federal government. Santorum is as loyal to the Catholic Church as he is to the Constitution.
 
Believe what you want. But read the entire thing he said, it's clear he's not talking about religious organizations being involved in government, but that the 1st amendment has been so twisted that it effectively bans any mention and exercise of religion in public institutions such as prayer in school or the display of the 10 commandments in government buildings.

It has nothing to do with the Catholic Church seizing control of the federal government. Santorum is as loyal to the Catholic Church as he is to the Constitution.


Yes, he is loyal to a religious organization namely the Catholic church.
 
Of course Santorum doesn't believe in the separation of church and state. He's a Theist. He wants religion-based governance. He wants to use the force of government to enforce his version of morality on the world.

In the time since the US was founded, the separation of church and state is one of the main things that has kept the religious from killing each other (you only have to look at the history of Christianity to see its natural tendencies toward intolerance and violence). Either he doesn't understand that, or he wants to encourage it. Either answer makes him extremely dangerous.
 
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