Are you for or against the separation of church and state?

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Ebg wrote...
But if religion is harmful...shouldn't the children be removed from religious homes on the basis of mental abuse, regardless of popularity? Would that include all kinds of religion (like voodoo,fire worship,ancestory,sorcery, witchcraft), or only those that the goverment designates as harmful (like christianity)?

You aren't speaking of separation of church and state anymore. You're speaking of people's right to religious freedom, and that freedom includes indoctrinating one's children. I see where you're coming from, but, frankly, if the only type of "abuse" a child suffers is being forced to go to church... Well, I can think of many, much worse scenarios. To categorize a typical religious home as abuse is also insulting to those who come from truly abusive homes. I say "typical" because there are some religious homes that are abusive. I don't agree with parents who threaten their kids with god to ensure their kids' compliance, but I also don't agree with parents who sleep train their newborns either. My sensibilities mean little to society at large.