There is no doubt in my mind that church and state need to separate. There is good rationale behind it. Plus isn’t it written in our constitution? Well not exactly, argues Garrett Epps in the Atlantic but the idea of separation is in the constitution. At times it seems hypocritical when the phrase is thrown around. When the contraception part of Obama care was being fought against by the catholic church, they argued for “separation”, but while arguing against gay marriage they employ separation. How odd and dishonest. I believe our nation will be much more democratic if the separation truly happened. As Epps writes:
The current right-wing drive to harness the power of government to bring souls to Christ is dangerous and un-American. As no less conservative a figure than Sandra Day O’Connor wrote in 2005: “Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?”
Check out Jane Lynch and Jordan Peele Church-State Breakup song and put your lighters up in the air, sing along, and fight to make separation of church and state happen.
And if you are still stuck on what seperation of church and state really means, you must check this out. Its pretty awesome!