SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE Over the years, people have debated the issue of whether Church and State should be mixed. The United States is founded on the belief that Church and State should be separate. Church and state should be separate because the church is far too conservative, the Church may become extreme and the Church may attempt to take away civil rights. First, Church and State should be separate because the Church is …showed first 75 words of 430 total…

…showed last 75 words of 430 total…fining them. They could censor television and radio by taking anything violent and sexual off the air. Finally, Church and State should be separate because, keeping the above reasons in mind, having Church and State together would end up violating citizen’s rights. Taking away our rights to believe or not believe in whatever people choose would be a violation of citizen’s civil rights. People’s rights are what this country is based upon.