Separating Church and State


Where do we draw the line between our religion informing our morals and values and imposing it on others?

That separation is real.

“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics of geometry.” Thomas Jefferson

"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion" John Adams

"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State." Thomas Jefferson

That's the political governmental separation.




We can look on the religious side as well.

“claim no privilege but what we feel cheerfully disposed to share with our fellow citizens of every denomination.” Joseph Smith and the First Presidency

How do I impose my religious views on others without infringing on the agency and free exercise of others? I feel I cannot. 

I believe we must model proper, good, character and behavior. Live our life by our ideals and let them speak for themselves. To do anything else muddies the waters and infringes on others.

I may be wrong to some but I finally feel peace.

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