Separation of Church and State is a Good Thing - Here's Why

I have found it odd for quite a while, just why it is that the Christian right tend to be the ones denouncing separation of church and state. I suppose they think the main influence is held by the church over the state, not the other way around. Likewise for the 'secular humanists' who tend to invoke the separation, usually to de-Christianise schools etc.

Here is what happens when you do NOT have separation of church and state...

Gay couples may soon be able to tie the knot in church

The Coalition government is considering a change in the law to allow gay people to have marriage-style ceremonies in places of worship.

Liberal Democrat Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone is expected to announce later this week that a ban on civil partnerships being conducted in religious venues is to be lifted.

The move, which could also allow hymns and readings from the Bible, is likely to be welcomed by gay rights groups but met with strong opposition from traditionalists within the Church of England, other mainstream religions and the Conservative party.

However minority religious groups such as Unitarians, Liberal Jews and Quakers, who already carry out ceremonies for gay people, will be sympathetic to the move.

"The government is currently considering what the next stage should be for civil partnerships, including how some religious organisations can allow same-sex couples the opportunity to register their relationship in a religious setting if they wish to do so," a spokesman for the Equalities Office said last night.

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So first the government 'banned' it (immoral - violates church autonomy); now the government will 'allow' it (also immoral - same reason). I suspect any church that refuses will probably be subject to a discrimination suit. You have a right to discriminate, it's called freedom of association. Government, only, cannot discriminate.

A few questions.

1. Considering that Christianity explicitly says homosexuals should be killed, why oh why is it that apparently so many homosexuals show interest in Christianity? Is it masochism, or spite, or what? Why do you want to 'marry' in that institution?

2. What the hell is Government doing deciding what a Church can or cannot do? Can churches not run themselves? What about the sacred separation of church and state? Or is that only invoked when school kids sing Christmas carols?

3. Will there be allowed homosexual 'marriages' in Mosques too? Or would that be 'culturally insensitive'?

(yeah, and the self proclaimed 'gods' that run 'your' beloved government, are not my religion! What's the matter, you weren't expecting the reciprocity?)