Religious Correctness Analysis

The U.S. Constitution was written to govern the country by men, some of whom came to these shores with religious dedication but others were not so. To keep the country from being overtaken by any particular religion or by the rules of law of other countries like England, the Constitution was written to accommodate both interests, freedom to practice religion but also separation of religion and government. Churches, such as the Catholic Church or the Church of England, are powerful governing bodies themselves whose power must be restrained according to our Founding Fathers. They recognized that the Church could significantly interfere with the freedom on which this country was founded. The founders believed in a secular government though …show more content…
The authors believe religious correctness is a danger to public policy, the American constitution, political debate and to the population (Kramnick & Moore, 1997). To allow this system to overtake the Constitutional governing mandates is to destroy the country itself. Ironically, the religious correctness movement, otherwise known as the Religious Right, believes quite often in the strict adherence to and literal nature of the Bible. They are often called Fundamentalist Christians for this reason. Yet, they refuse to adhere to a literal reading and application of the Constitution, perhaps because it expressly states that religion shall not be the measure on which the country is governed. Kramnick and Moore (1997) also argue that religious correctness puts the country at military risk because of the ineffectiveness of this method in winning wars; in fact, the authors say the religious correctness move has lost all major wars in which it has engaged. In the history of the world, many wars have been fought and won or lost precisely because of argument over religion or the belief that one religion is the right one and all others should submit or its citizens killed if they do not convert and worship the “one true God.” Logically and objectively, such a stance is akin to an authoritarian dictatorship and would be a position against which Americans would fight and die. So, it makes no logical sense for a group under religious influence to impose their religion on others and impress them to worship when such groups also believe that communism is evil and should be fought against militarily if necessary because it is believes to remove or restrict individual freedoms is