Seperation of Church and State will be Defeated
Posted by DamDanger at 8:01 pm. Filed under: Fanatics
Some Catholic archbishop took this prayer conference as an opportunity to jump on his religious soapbox this past week to talk about how religion should never be removed from the public eye. All we non-religious people ask is that you keep your kooky beliefs to yourself. Personally, I think it’s inhumane to leave a baby child in the grass in December…
Efforts to remove religion’s influence from the public square will fail, in large part because faith plays such a major role in most Americans’ lives, the recently appointed Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington said.
Archbishop Donald Wuerl’s comments came at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on April 13.President Bush was the headline speaker.
Wuerl said the church’s moral theology has helped frame debates over the Iraq war, abortion, embryonic stem cell research, physician-assisted suicide and immigration. Religious faith, Wuerl said, continues to play a significant role in both promoting social justice issues as well as “defending all innocent human life.”
In his address, Wuerl echoed Pope Benedict XVI’s frequent warnings about the threat of secularism.
April 30th, 2007 at 1:11 am
That’s the big problem I have - whose religion? Who decides? What if you disagree because of your faith or your personal opinions? Allowing religion to make these decisions is too problematic.
April 30th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I strongly prefer secular governments. I’m pretty optimistic that our US government will mostly stay secular. (I’m not so confident about Turkey right now though.)