Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) on his weekly Daily Rant segment on The Dylan Ratigan show on MSNBC explains the absurdity of popular tea party candidates who are against the separation of church and state. Watch Cenk with Ratigan every Wednesday around 4:45pm ET/1:45pm PT.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
ssallen1s
September 23, 2011 at 6:19 am
I quit watching MSNBC after Cenk was fired….
TheRatfuck
September 23, 2011 at 6:40 am
Amendment 1: “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.”
erm… perhaps I missed the part about the seperation??
MissJeriB
September 23, 2011 at 7:27 am
honestly, if these senators don’t even know the basics of our country’s constitution, then that really scares me.
TheOnlyAttrition
September 23, 2011 at 8:09 am
@Sirafrican actually, he is smarter than bill, regardless of his views. and the fact that his (Cenk’s) views make more logical sense helps.
Sirafrican
September 23, 2011 at 8:10 am
@TheOnlyAttrition To you he’s smarter than Bill O’Reilly because you share the same views with him… If Bill O’Reilly made more sense to you then you would think that Bill is smarter than Cenk….
bnjones28
September 23, 2011 at 8:31 am
@sluttyfrogmagician Gee, I was liking you thoughts until you showed you Lib. colors by name calling.
bnjones28
September 23, 2011 at 8:57 am
@paultheuglydog Because he thinks it makes you appear more intelligent if you do noy believe in God. Because you understand the world better than those who believe in God. Kinda stupid, right?
TheOnlyAttrition
September 23, 2011 at 9:36 am
@Sirafrican actually hes smarter than O’reilly and makes TONS more sense. His views (liberal views) also tend to line up more with reality than conservative views (especially socially conservative views).
TheOnlyAttrition
September 23, 2011 at 10:28 am
@bnjones28 and to protect the government from influence from any church.
bnjones28
September 23, 2011 at 11:15 am
@PorscheGT2turbo If this is really you ride way to go. But to call turk the jerk a genius, well all I can say is can you drive you ride very good?
bnjones28
September 23, 2011 at 11:47 am
@TheOnlyAttrition Seperation of church and state was to protect the church from the gov. attempting to have one state religion and to protect churches from the gov. trying to influence churches.
TheOnlyAttrition
September 23, 2011 at 12:13 pm
@bnjones28 Exactly how is he wrong? oh and he’s not muslim. please respond; i really want to know the basis you have for saying that.
bnjones28
September 23, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Turk the jerk you really do not understand the concept our founding fathers had regarding Church & state. You read the quote but do not understand it. Mr. Muslim
Sirafrican
September 23, 2011 at 12:58 pm
This guy is basically the liberal Bill O’Rielly….
don222able
September 23, 2011 at 1:37 pm
the sepraton of church and state is irrelivant, because our voters and represintives are going to be influnced by there religons anyway.
carmel350
September 23, 2011 at 1:46 pm
such a whinny voice, he never debates with a human being, so I GUESS HE’S ALWAYS RIGHT!!! LOL!
Fishqueen1972
September 23, 2011 at 1:55 pm
@CalebRedmond What is the modern version of separation of church & state? Whenever you allow the gov’t to behave like a church or allow its elected officials to invoke a religious bias through their elected power on tax payer money then that is personal religion involved with gov’t. It is using religion for the power for persuasion. And I think this becomes clear whenever you hypothetically allow a minority religious point of view a voice through the power of the gov’t. just like Cenk said
AceofDiamonds0
September 23, 2011 at 2:19 pm
@LoganBlackP
but thats what people mean when they say “seperation of church and state” it may not say those exact words in the constitution but thats what it implies.
meaning that no religion can pass laws based on its teachings (Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion) and the state or federal government cannot ban the worship of any religion (prohibiting the free exercise thereof)
LoganBlackP
September 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Seperation of church and state isnt in the constitution. It was in a letter thomas jefferson wrote to the danbury baptists association. The first amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Same concept of course but people seem to get the phrases mixed up.
CalebRedmond
September 23, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Cenk, you are absolutely; the government shouldn’t establish a religion. However, you have grossly misconstrued what “separation of church and state” means to average Americans. To the average person, it means that religion and politics should never mix. When the conservatives said they didn’t see the separation of church and state in the Constitution, they were alluding to the modern understanding. Every one of those conservatives are unequivocally opposed to a unification of church and state.
MrPimentalJR
September 23, 2011 at 3:26 pm
YOUNG TERKS MUTHAFUCKA WE ON TV NOW WE RUN THI HE NEEDS TO SHIT ON BILL ORIELLY NOW PLEASE
beesleeper
September 23, 2011 at 4:22 pm
I don’t hate Dylan Ratigan but I do think he may be an android.
cmonty72
September 23, 2011 at 4:23 pm
@skeech15 I meant on a federal level. get him where we can though..;)
skeech15
September 23, 2011 at 4:39 pm
@shadowedge69 I agree that most people are stupid and that it’s not the best thing for this country that reporters are biased, but these networks are businesses. Their main goal is to make money. FOX and MSNBC found that you need to put out ridiculous asshats that hold biased points in order for people to follow. CNN tries to be unbiased and their ratings are not doing that great. You can’t blame the networks for putting out biased news if people are following like sheep.
shadowedge69
September 23, 2011 at 4:58 pm
@skeech15 That sounds great in theory doesn’t it? But let’s examine the collective intelligence of the public and you tell me that biased reporters aren’t dangerous. You’re right about what you say of course, I’m just pointing how how stupid people are. Cenk proves my point on a daily basis as mostly GOP politicians are clearly clueless of our Constitution yet they reword it in a way to exploit their agenda. The fact that FOX news is #1 with all their crappy reporting just proves my point.