HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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Government leaders can only live in states that practice their preferred religion.
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All Americans practice the same religion as their government leaders.
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The US Constitution requires a separation of church and state.
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Government leaders allow non-Christian to live in America; but, they require them to pay additional taxes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Establishment clause of First Amendment often interpreted to require separation of church and state. For approximately the first 150 years of the country’s existence, there was little debate over the meaning of this clause in the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Detailed explanation-3: -Three central concepts were derived from the 1st Amendment which became America’s doctrine for church-state separation: no coercion in religious matters, no expectation to support a religion against one’s will, and religious liberty encompasses all religions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Puritans had a theocratic society Many colonists came to America from England to escape religious persecution during the reign of King James I (r. 1603–1625) and of Charles I (r. 1625–1649), James’s son and successor, both of whom were hostile to the Puritans.
Detailed explanation-5: -Religious persecution may be triggered by religious bigotry (i.e. when members of a dominant group denigrate religions other than their own) or it may be triggered by the state when it views a particular religious group as a threat to its interests or security.