{"id":22,"date":"2004-06-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-06-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=22"},"modified":"2006-02-13T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2006-02-14T04:13:32","slug":"scriptures-on-church-state-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2004\/06\/09\/scriptures-on-church-state-separation\/","title":{"rendered":"Scriptures on Church-State Separation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across this scripture today and?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9given my recent posts on the separation of church and state?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9thought it would be applicable here.<\/p>\n

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We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of its members, as citizens, denied. (D&C 134:9)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came across this scripture today and?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9given my recent posts on the separation of church and state?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9thought it would be … Continue reading Scriptures on Church-State Separation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nScriptures on Church-State Separation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2004\/06\/09\/scriptures-on-church-state-separation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scriptures on Church-State Separation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I came across this scripture today and?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9given my recent posts on the separation of church and state?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9thought it would be …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2004\/06\/09\/scriptures-on-church-state-separation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Thoughts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2006-02-14T04:13:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2004\/06\/09\/scriptures-on-church-state-separation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2004\/06\/09\/scriptures-on-church-state-separation\/\",\"name\":\"Scriptures on Church-State Separation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2006-02-14T04:13:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2004\/06\/09\/scriptures-on-church-state-separation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Our Thoughts\",\"description\":\"Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\",\"name\":\"Kim Siever\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kim Siever\"},\"description\":\"Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. 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