frigidweirdo
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An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson, many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views.
I am going to work very hard to repeal that language and protect free speech for all Americans.
Read The Draft Text Of Donald Trump's 2016 Republican National Convention Speech
So much for the separation of church and state.
Excellent.
Jefferson's "separation of church and state" does not have Constitutional weight, nor was it ever intended to curtail Christian free speech rights. It's purpose was to keep the State out of the religion business.
To be fair, it was also there to prevent the formation of a National Church, and to prevent government from forcing tithes on people to any religious organization in general.
It was never meant to keep religion out of the public square, or create a government that was hostile to religion.
Then again, tax exempt status sounds like govt getting involved in religion and should they be promoting religion? Not really, just leaving religion alone to get on with what it does, as long as it doesn't give any reason for the govt to be hostile.