Oklahoma Chapter of Americans United: Health And Human Services Secretary Embraces Church, State Separation In Graduation Speech

Friday, May 18, 2012

Health And Human Services Secretary Embraces Church, State Separation In Graduation Speech

Health And Human Services Secretary Embraces Church, State Separation In Graduation Speech

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WASHINGTON -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius paid homage to religious freedom and the separation of church and state in a graduation speech Friday at Georgetown University that was briefly interrupted by an anti-abortion heckler. Catholic church authorities earlier had lambasted...

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State proudly supports and defends the right of citizens to choose and live according to their own convictions, whether religious or non-religious. It traces that basic freedom to a tradition founded by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Roger Williams, and enshrined in the First Amendment. It venerates the principle that religion is too important to be entrusted to government and encourages pluralism, tolerance, and a public life in which we the people interact on the basis of equal worth and mutual respect. Thus, Americans United considers separation of church and state a positive force in American society, a principle that encourages full participation among all people, burdens no one for following their conscience, and has encouraged a flowering of religious variety and vitality unequaled in today's world.