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Netroots Nation confronts church and state

By Alliance Alert

Bruce Ledwitz writes at The Huffington Post: "I am proposing instead that the principle of government neutrality toward religion be retained but that certain religious symbols under certain circumstances be regarded as encompassing both religious and nonreligious messages. As long as government plausibly justifies religious imagery in nonreligious terms, its use would be constitutional. For example, the phrase in 'God We Trust' means the biblical creator to many religious believers. But it can also mean that we acknowledge that there are binding standards of right and wrong, such as the anti-torture principle, to which America is subject."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).