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What is a good contemporary church state conflict?

Question by David P: What is a good contemporary church state conflict?
what is a good choice of a contemporary church state conflict?
It would need to be well known and also have plenty of information on it

thanks:D
i was looking at more china and tibet

el salvador and oscar romero

irish catholics and british state

Best answer:

Answer by imrational
“In God We Trust” on our currency

“One Nation Under God” in our Pledge of Allegiance

George Bush Jr creating the Faith Based Initiative and Obama expanding and strengthening it’s role.

Teaching evolution/intelligent design(creationism)

Here are some links
Video that includes some church/state conflicts

Video lecture series by Dr Michael Newdow (guy suing the government over the “In God We Trust” and “One nation under God” – he includes a lot of history too.

You also should check out the Secular Coalition For America. It would be a great resource for you, regardless of the topic you finally choose
http://www.secular.org/

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How did the U.S find itself in a conflict between the ideal of freedom and practice of slavery yrs1450-1865?

Including economic factors, colonial North vs. land gentry ruled South, social factors surrounding racial equality