What is socialisms stance on religion?
The general policy of socialism towards religion is the same as that of the U.S. Constitution…that religion is a personal matter, and should be kept out of production decisions, as well as being left out of formulating the rules of society. Just as the U.S. government professes a seperation of church and state as enunciated by the Founding Fathers, so too will socialist society practice a seperation of religion and the Socialist Republic of Labor. This is the basic position of the Socialist Labor Party. The World Socialist Parties, however, disregard religion, as they believe that it tends to placate the working class into accepting the “hardships” of capitalist society, encourages the belief in metaphysical rather then material reasons for the economic changes in history, to accept authoritarian rule, to seek religion for solace from the problems of capitalist society rather then critically analyzing the system, to blame lack of religous beliefs and/or morals rather then capitalism
