‘Our faith in God has propelled America through 250 years of success, and by God, we’re not gonna stop now,’ West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said of the new requirement for schools.
This headline might seem shocking to some readers. Many of us have grown up under political systems which enshrine separation of Church and State in constitutional law. But as we will see, the Catholic Church repudiates this idea in the strongest of terms.
Tragically, human beings, in our fallen state, often associate rebellion against law, rather than conformity to law, as the path to liberty. Men who fall into this error may then accuse the state and the Church, and ultimately God Himself, of limiting their freedom, rather than advancing it.
A judge dismissed a lawsuit by 14 faith leaders from various religions who claimed Missouri's pro-life law violated the separation of church and state and argued that ‘life begins at conception’ is simply a ‘religious belief.’
Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has responded with defiance to left-wing threats to sue the state over a newly-enacted law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
'We have a great Constitution, and we have a wonderful First Amendment. But just like when it comes to muscles, it you don't use it, you get weak,' the victorious plaintiff said.
The Florida Department of Education recommends teaching that America's founders 'expected religion to be promoted because they believed it was essential to civic virtue.'