09-23-2015, 09:29 AM
I just came across an interesting article that I figured some people on here would enjoy reading.
http://blog.oup.com/2015/09/separating-church-state-tocqueville/
There is more to it. Anyway, just wanted to drop it in here for some reading in case anyone was interested.
http://blog.oup.com/2015/09/separating-church-state-tocqueville/
Quote:Since the 17th century, Western thinkers have struggled with the problem of how to stop conflicts over religious differences. Not long ago, we mostly thought that the problem had been solved. Two rather different solutions served widely as paradigms, with many variations. One was the American Separation of Church and State, and the other, the French laïcité, usually if misleadingly translated as ‘secularism’.
There is more to it. Anyway, just wanted to drop it in here for some reading in case anyone was interested.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
