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Thanks for the article.
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SSG Derrick L. Lewis MBA, C-HRM
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SGM Barry Kindred ,
Thanks for the share.
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So Trump would put an end to separation of church and state and merge US government with the evangelical establishment aka American Taliban. Reading bibles in public schools, christian religious material promoted by government, government organized prayer in schools?

That's not religious liberty it's religious oppression against anyone who believes differently than those evangelical activists.
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Nope. Freedom of expression as was intended in the constitution.
Freedom, not government interactions to force. It's absurd to begin with.
Faith, regardless of religion, provides an "individual" freedom untouchable except by the government that wants to control "no individual rights in public".
Big difference.
You can suppress ones faith with strongarm tactics tho.
It's happened since the 60's.
So, your point is not well thought out.
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Freedom of expression and freedom of religion is protected by having a secular government. A sectarian government may be promoting your beliefs through prayer in school, 10 commandments posted on court houses, bible reading in public schools, ect... however that isn't religious freedom.

If government can chose to promote your religious beliefs today, they can choose to promote the religious beliefs of someone else tomorrow. So be very careful what your asking for.. it's a double edged sword. We could have government promoting Mormon beliefs in Utah or Muslim beliefs in Dearborn Michigan.

I'd also suggest you consider that most European nations are officially Christian countries. Tax dollars are frequently used to support Protestant and Catholic Churches, even pay the salaries of clergy. Look at the religious participation rate in most of those countries (Ireland and Italy being exceptions) and look at how much our own government is despised. Associating government with religion and religion with government is only going make both more corrupt and more hated.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html
http://www.nairaland.com/1357651/church-attendance-most-recent-country
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