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Santorum doesnt believe in Separation of Church and State

Stupid Republican candidates and their extreme Christian ideals. Saying that means you don't believe in the US Constitution... Yeah... there goes your election buddy. I sincerely hope neither Romney nor Santorum get elected otherwise we're back in the dark ages when theocracy ruled all aspects of life.
[b]Santorum: Separation Of Church And State 'Makes Me Want To Throw Up' [/b].

What do you think about this?

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/santorum-says-doesnt-believe-separation-church-state-164307440.html

February 26, 2012

14 Comments • Newest first

Excelion

Remember when the Republican Party wasn't controlled by lunatics?
Yea...those were the times.
This year is just...wow. Romney, Santorum, Perry, Bachmann. Seriously. what the hell is going on.

Reply February 27, 2012
heyitsmexD

[quote=Chocorate]I love how America always has to pick the lesser evil.

I asked each member of my family who they're voting for. Their answers ended with:

...because he seems a little better than Romney.
...because if we have 4 more years of Obama, there might be a better choice in the next election
...I don't vote anymore, but if our next president doesn't leave religion out of his choices, I'm gonna go live on an island.[/quote]
Because the majority of the candidates are tools or are bad.

Reply February 27, 2012
OmGwDfBbQ

Gah...
All it says is that there shall be no religious tests to hold an office in the United States.
The president can have ties with the church or the temple.

Go read the consitution

Reply February 26, 2012
imtwocats

[quote=Offal]@imtwocats: The freedom of religion doesn't preclude a *joining* of church and state.

EDIT: Although, in Saudi Arabia's case, I can see how you'd think that.[/quote]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. That's basically saying they cannot give special treatment to a certain religion, and the phrase "separation of church and state" followed. Since Christianity is the largest religion in the US, this phrase is used most often.

Plus the founding fathers have said constantly they wanted total religious freedom for the country. No special treatment to any particular religion.

Reply February 26, 2012
imtwocats

[quote=Offal]I'm just curious, but where did you find the exact words, "separation of church and state," in the U.S. Constitution? See, I've been looking through it, and I can't find those words.[/quote]

The phrase isn't in the Constitution, but it's indirectly worded to have the same meaning.

[i]Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...[/i]

Reply February 26, 2012
imtwocats

The Republican candidates are getting desperate for votes. It's going to get a lot more chaotic once we get even close to the elections.

Time to see those claws extended and fangs bared.

Reply February 26, 2012
ClementZ

None of the republican candidates are as..."good" (for lack of a better word) than I'd like them to be.

Reply February 26, 2012
NineCrimes

@AckarRed: A lot of people did and now a lot of people realize they were being naive. Obama did some good things, no doubt, but he obviously wasn't the savior everyone thought he would be. His election was more a testament to how sick everyone was of Bush, to put it slightly simply. This is at least how I conceptualize it.

Despite the fact that Obama is so weak right now and how much bad he did with the NDAA/how little he has done to help the country, he's still somehow coming out as stronger than the bizarre host of candidates the GOP is putting out right now. I think this is the saddest aspect of this year's presidential race debacle.

@abgl015: Santorum isn't advocating a theocracy. I hate his views but I at least talk about them after becoming informed. Maybe you should too.

@uoid: We need a government that actually represents the will of the people. The religion or lack thereof of any individual politician really shouldn't make a difference if they are acting in the best interest of their constituents. Having an avowedly atheistic government wouldn't do anything. It's not like atheists are any more moral than religious people.

Reply February 26, 2012 - edited
abgl015

Im not "american" but any politician who believes that church and state should be treated as one should be killed.

Reply February 26, 2012 - edited
d4rkxStrIfe

[quote=uoid]we need an atheist government.[/quote]

Keep in mind that roughly 50% of Americans would not vote for an atheist candidate even if he or she is qualified.

Reply February 26, 2012 - edited
AckarRed

@NineCrimes: Remember years ago when we all thought Obama was the solution to the US's problems?

Reply February 26, 2012 - edited
NineCrimes

@Tanea:
@dragonlord1:

If Ron Paul became president, we'd be 60% ok, 40% deeply, deeply screwed. I think he has some good ideas but I am sick of people acting like he's the solution to all of America's problems. Santorum sucks absolutely. Romney is more moderate than people probably give him credit for/more than is acceptable to most Republican voters, so he plays the politics game

Reply February 26, 2012 - edited
heyitsmexD

[quote=ATMchoker]whats wrong with these presidential candidates? they all talk out of their ass and have crazy ideals.[/quote]

I am extremely disappointed at the variety of candidates we have... I'd rather stay with Obama or go with Ron Paul.

Reply February 26, 2012 - edited
Sweax

He certainly doesn't know 'Why' we've separated state and church (Because of the Catholic Church and Martin Luther in the Medieval ages)
I can't understand why people don't see this. Didn't God said that the government has been given to us and that we should pray for them?
People are sometimes so dumb...

Reply February 26, 2012 - edited