And James Wilson, who signed the Declaration and the Constitution for Pennsylvania, pointed out that “Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other. The divine law, as discovered by reason and the moral sense, forms an essential part of both.” Dr. Benjamin Rush, a Signer of the Declaration and a leading thinker of the period, said that, “The only foundation for a Republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this, there can be no …show more content…
It is totally prohibited in the public place such as school, work and others. I personally think that the problem starts by a very small confusion of the definition of the word “church”. In 1962 the Supreme Court, in the case of Engel vs. Vitale, redefined the word “church” to mean “a religious activity in public.” We can see clearly that the comprehension of the word church had another meaning and that the separation of the church and state became the protection of the state from or against the church. That leads to the prohibition of the religious practices and the limit of religious education at public places and to confine it only to home and