ICRN Lightsource Denomination News Anglicans Online American Baptist News Serv. In an important respect, separating church and the civil order of a culture is like separating man and wife. In our political theory, the attempt which modern America has made to keep these two forever separate is as ludicrous as it is revolutionary. When we claim that religion and politics cannot mix, we are saying that a husband need not have a wife, which is, of course, self-contradictory. It does so with regulations, taxes, fees, laws, mandates and programs.
Power is finite.
When power moves from the people to the government, personal choices, rights and freedoms move with it. As the power and authority of the government expands, the power and authority of the people contracts. More Periodicals Organizations ACLJ American Family Assoc. Christian Coalition Concerned Women for Amer.