My Implications

As I have stated many times before, this debate of separation of church and state has been going on since the United States received it's independence. The reason I believe this has been such an on-going dispute is because of all the smaller subjects that have been coming up for the past few years. One such debate would be the issue of abortion and making it illegal. You will see in the link provided, that this is a very emotional subject that is mainly driven by people's religious beliefs. This link, though not a very scholarly website, allows you to see how people are really feeling about the issue. Many believe, that if we were to make abortion illegal, it will go against our constitutional rights. Another issue would be the legalization of gay marriage. In a 2003 article done by CNN Bush said that he believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. This fact brings up the issue of seperation of church and state because if he adds this to the constitution, then it will be a violation of many people's rights and, at the same time, show that religion does effect some of the things regarding our government. This would be apparant because although he doesn't come out and say that religion is his reason for this belief, it can be inferred that his religion has some kind of influence in this belief. The final issue is stem-cell research, mainly being the embryonic portion of it. In this article from CNN, Bush states that he vetoed the embryonic stem - cell research bill because "it crossed a moral boundary." Like the issue dealing with gay marriage, it shows that religion still has some effect on the things going on in our country. In brief, as long as thing such as these still are around, the huge topic of separation of church and state will continue to be around.