The Intermeddling Manifesto, or the Role of Religious Bodies in Affecting Public Policy in the United States
"Too often in recent disputes over religion and public affairs, some have insisted that any evidence of religious influence on public policy represents an establishment of religion and is therefore precluded as an improper ‘imposition.’ Such exclusion of religion from public life is historicall...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1990
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1990, Volume: 8, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 85-98 |
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| Summary: | "Too often in recent disputes over religion and public affairs, some have insisted that any evidence of religious influence on public policy represents an establishment of religion and is therefore precluded as an improper ‘imposition.’ Such exclusion of religion from public life is historically unwarranted, philosophically inconsistent and profoundly undemocratic. … Many of the most dynamic social movements in American history, including that of civil rights, were legitimately inspired and shaped by religious motivation."— The Williamsburg CharterThere is an inclination in some circles in the United States to take umbrage whenever church people address problems of public policy. The inclination seems to be based on the supposition that preachers have no business "intermeddling in politics." In 1981 Senator Barry Goldwater took offense when Jerry Falwell and other "new rightists" denounced his nominee for the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor. The Senator issued a statement denouncing the "Moral Majority" for "undermining the basic American principles of separation of church and state by using the muscle of religion towards political ends." |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1051258 |