New Posts For Thread: MEXICO CHURCH AND STATEhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATEThere goes the neighborhood ! Mexican Lower House Approves Bill to Separate Church and State Questions ?Comments? Considerations?Have A Thinking Day And May Reason Guide YouSure sounds like it to me!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=391096425#391096425Sure sounds like it to me!Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:49:25 -0600Hi Dave,How about the case in Ashville, NC in which the Religious Reich wants to get rid of a councilman because he is an atheist and the NC Constitution forbids atheists from holding office. IMO, that case would involve Article VI Paragraphs 2 & 3 ohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=391092045#391092045Hi Dave,How about the case in Ashville, NC in which the Religious Reich wants to get rid of a councilman because he is an atheist and the NC Constitution forbids atheists from holding office. IMO, that case would involve Article VI Paragraphs 2 & 3 oSat, 20 Feb 2010 15:00:29 -0600yes and yesits supposed to be a First Admendment boardhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=391088121#391088121yes and yesits supposed to be a First Admendment boardSat, 20 Feb 2010 14:20:34 -0600Is this forum explicitly about the church and state in the United States?And given how dead it generally is, should it be?Anyways, I'm glad to see that the government of Mexico is finally starting to throw off the influence of the RCC. I think it'shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=391051309#391051309Is this forum explicitly about the church and state in the United States?And given how dead it generally is, should it be?Anyways, I'm glad to see that the government of Mexico is finally starting to throw off the influence of the RCC. I think it'sSat, 20 Feb 2010 06:22:28 -0600Okay... and what does this mean for the United States?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=390910621#390910621Okay... and what does this mean for the United States?Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:01:43 -0600Howdy SummerBy example. The Mexican gov't is following the example of the gov't of the United States.Have A Thinking Day And May Reason Guide Youhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=390827017#390827017Howdy SummerBy example. The Mexican gov't is following the example of the gov't of the United States.Have A Thinking Day And May Reason Guide YouThu, 18 Feb 2010 08:17:09 -0600Not terribly surprising in view of Mexico's history. For much of the last hundred years the state has been actively attacking the RCC. Revolutionary governments confiscated church lands and properties and revolutionaries killed priests and nuns. Ihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=390692157#390692157Not terribly surprising in view of Mexico's history. For much of the last hundred years the state has been actively attacking the RCC. Revolutionary governments confiscated church lands and properties and revolutionaries killed priests and nuns. IWed, 17 Feb 2010 10:40:27 -0600Okay... now relate this to American separation of Church and State...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=390655789#390655789Okay... now relate this to American separation of Church and State...Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:51:23 -0600There goes the neighborhood ! Mexican Lower House Approves Bill to Separate Church and State Questions ?Comments? Considerations?Have A Thinking Day And May Reason Guide Youhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/22427533/MEXICO_CHURCH_AND_STATE?post_id=390567241#390567241There goes the neighborhood ! Mexican Lower House Approves Bill to Separate Church and State Questions ?Comments? Considerations?Have A Thinking Day And May Reason Guide YouTue, 16 Feb 2010 10:30:15 -0600