In the US, separation of church and state means that the government does not dictate what religious beliefs you can have. You’re probably thinking of France, where they think that expressing religion in public shouldn’t be allowed

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Same with the presidency btw

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I think that’s a little ridiculous, I think you can be religious and be open about it and also hold a hard stance against using it to craft policy. Like my representative can go to their house of worship and shit but I don’t want their preacher giving them political advice.

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I disagree, believing in secularism should be enough (the implications of the Abrahamic religions fs actually contradicts it tho). There’s two reasons: 1. the majority of the world is religious, people should be able to elect officials that agree with them and hold similiar values. Not allowing [insert group] to be elected can lead to neglecting their needs 2. Religious people should be treated as intellectual equals. Church & state can’t be separated, religion informs political philosophy

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how someone practices their religion personally shouldn’t interfere with how they work to serve and help their country from all different kinds of religious (or not religious at all) backgrounds. that being said you can’t tell someone they can’t outwardly practice their faith because you’re afraid of what they might do. right to religion is protected here and people have the freedom of expression as long as they aren’t actively going to harm people.

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