政教分離,通常指政治與宗教保持距離。最新有人開始注意到,有(1)“政治離開宗教,不介入不影響宗教”與(2)“宗教離開政治,不介入不影響政治”兩個分項。
第一修正案 The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the
freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. - See more at: http://blog.creaders.net/zichenzhao/user_blog_diary.php?did=225789#sthash.WC60v5Jj.dpuf
第一修正案,內容只有“政不干教”,沒有“教不干政”內容。
No "establishment of religion" 不准成立國教 [來高於各個宗教]
No“impeding the free exercise of religion”, 保證宗教自由,政治不得干預宗教。同時宗教有自由介入政治影響政治
百分百清教徒一批人制定的憲法修正案,會自綁手腳自斷腳筋,來立法“政教分離”? 當然禁止“政治干預宗教”,不禁止宗教干預政治,來擴大自己權利,極為合理正常。
多年來我找尋“教不干政”的法律,只有找到兩條:
(1)There is no religion test for political office. [候選人的宗教信仰不應成為選舉議題。]
(2)Churches and other nonprofits are strictly prohibited from engaging in political campaigning. This prohibition stems from the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”).
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眾所周知,現今美國榮列先進國家之中宗教對政治影響力第一高的國家。遠因如上述。
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