Why is the ACLU so anti-religion, especially when we can see evidence of religious symbols through out many government agencies, the statement “In God we trust” on the dollar bill for example?
The ACLU is not anti-religion. In fact, there have been numerous instances where a religious group or sect was prevented from practicing their religious beliefs and the ACLU defended them. (Most recently in Florida, we defended the right of Christian and Jewish family members who were forced to remove religious artifacts from grave sites in Boca Raton.) The ACLU is committed to separation of church and state in order to preserve the right to practice a religion without coercion, hostility or violence. Separation of church and state is the insurance that all people can practice their religions freely. By not allowing the government to establish or support any religion, the Constitution is preventing persecution against both minority and majority religions. If the government were affiliated with a particular church, then there would be opportunities for that church to manipulate the government’s influence to try and coerce people into believing or following a certain religion. By keeping
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