“Feminists who want to censor what they regard as harmful pornography have essentially the same motivation as other would-be censors: They want to use the power of the state to accomplish what they have been unable to achieve in the marketplace of ideas and images. The impulse to censor places no faith in the possibilities of democratic persuasion.” WantHas BeensIdeasStatesUseWould BeMotivationAchievePossibilityRegardDemocraticFeministAccomplishImpulseCensorshipPersuasionPornographyMarketplace Author:Susan Jacoby
“I think very few people realize how much the separation of church and state has to do with the fact that Americans are not only more religious than a lot of other people in the world but that conversions are much more common here.” PeopleThinkingWorldStatesFactsRealizingChurchReligiousCommonSeparationConversionChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And State Author:Susan Jacoby
“If you chose a particular religion, you were siding with the government religion of whatever region you were in. That's never been true in America, but also, the United States also has so many more immigrant groups which also tends to imply more religious diversity right away.” IfsStatesGovernmentAmericaReligiousUnitedUnited StatesGroupsParticularDiversityRegionsImmigrantsReligious DiversitySiding Author:Susan Jacoby
“Once the Roman Catholic Church in the West became the church most closely connected with the state, the Roman Catholic Church did not recognize the validity of any religion other than its own.” StatesChurchCatholicWestConnectedCatholic ChurchValidityRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Susan Jacoby
“God Bless America started to become an almost ritualistic incantation at the end of political speeches really with Ronald Reagan. It appears occasionally before, but it was not that common. And of course since it was a song that wasn't written by Irving Berlin until the 20th century (laughter), none of the 19th century presidents said God Bless America at the end of speeches, either. I think that the symbolism which suggests that everybody is religious and that even presidents who believe in church and state feel obliged to do this.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveSaidEndsStatesAmericaPoliticalSongCoursesPresidentChurchReligiousCommonWrittenCenturySpeechLaughterBless20th CenturyObligedChurch And StateBerlin19th CenturySymbolismGod BlessGod Bless AmericaPolitical Speeches Author:Susan Jacoby
“There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation and discrimination on a reluctant nation's social agenda. Would black churches have been able to take the lead in the struggle had they been dependent on funds doled out for 'faith-based initiatives' . . . ?” Has BeensStatesGovernmentAbleNationsSocialBlackChurchPowerfulStruggleArgumentIndependentDiscriminationAfrican AmericanDependentAgendasFundInitiativeSegregationReluctantMixingLead InFaith BasedReligion And GovernmentBlack ChurchRacial Segregation Author:Susan Jacoby
