The Fallacy of Separation of Church and State
Miranda Hale has a post over at the Examiner criticizing Bill Donohue from the Catholic League. In writing the article, Ms. Hale is playing into Mr. Donohue’s hand and proving the point that he is often trying to make; that secularist are trying to keep religion out of the public discourse.
The premise tat she starts off with is incorrect. The article describes his belief that America is a Christian Nation built on Judeo-Christian principles as “misguided”. A simple review of our laws and history will show that these principles were considered and built upon in determining the laws of our nation.
Accusations are made but the author fails to fully explain the reasoning for the criticisms. For example the claim is made that Donohue is trying to “force their religion into the public sphere” and “try to force it into government”. The statement leads one to believe that religion has no place in the either of these places. The constitution does not forbid these institutions from having a seat at the table; only that the government can not establish and force upon the citizens a specific religion.
I do agree with Ms. Hale that Mr. Donohue does tend to get carried away on various talk shows. His antics often distract from the message that he is trying to get across. However, that does not change the fact that forces do exist that are overly critical of the Catholic Church and religion in general and would like nothing better than to completely remove any mention or influence of God from the public sphere.
