Seperation of Chuch and State

“The First Amendment has erected a well between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable.” The separation of church and state is a legal and political principal derived from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The phrase “separation of church and state” is never actually stated in the Constitution but was first mentioned in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. "A hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world" вЂ" Roger Williams. America’s first immigrants depended on their religion, and as anyone would imagine, religion can cause a massive conflict if not kept in check. Some religions actually believe that causing harm or inflicting pain on another of opposite belief is the right thing to do.

In America it all stated with a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists. Which turned into the whole “wall of seperation” stuff. Many documents have since then been proposed and enacted like Thomas Jefferson’s Statute of Religious Freedom, and the Constitution of Massachusettes . The Constitution of Massachusettes mainly stated that no one shall cause any type of harm on another for their religion providing that that person does not disturb the peace.

Establishing a religion for America is not supposed to happen. The Establishment clause of the First Amendement of the United States states that Congress will not make or pass a law that establishes a set religion for America. Also, the Free Exersice Clause accompanies the Establishment clause making them the religious clauses of the U.S. Constitution. Although these two clauses are said to stop the establishment of a religion in America, when everyone and their mother knows that Christianity is the predominant religion in all of America. Sure there are different branches, but they are all still Christianity. The Federal Government actually has priests and preachers for the military, but no rabis or monks for the minority. The Roman Catholic church is even aired over cable television, Christmas is widely celebrated, Christmas sales, Christmas everything.

Where are the Hanukkah sales and everything? Some people would safely say that Christianity is a pretty set religion in America. Since America’s national