धर्म को सार्वजनिक जीवन से अलग कर दिया गया है, और सार्वजनिक जीवन को धर्म के मामलों से। हालाँकि, इसे तटस्थता नहीं कहा जा सकता; परोक्ष रूप से यह धर्मनिरपेक्षता का ही समर्थन करता है।
Religion is removed from the public realm, and the public realm is removed from the affairs of religion. However, this is not neutrality. Implicitly, it supports secularism.
Religion is removed from the public realm, and the public realm is removed from the affairs of religion. However, this is not neutrality. Implicitly, it supports secularism.
ज्यादातर अमेरिकी इस दावे से स्वाभाविक रूप से दूर भागते हैं कि उनके समाज का चर्च और राज्य के मामलों से निपटने का जो बुनियादी नजरिया है, उसमें कोई धर्म-विरोधी पूर्वाग्रह छिपा है। हालांकि, इस बात के पुख्ता सबूत हैं कि आबादी के कुछ प्रभावशाली वर्गों के बीच एक बहुत ही वास्तविक धर्म-विरोधी प्रवृत्ति मौजूद है।
Most Americans instinctively recoil from the claim that there is an antireligious bias running through the underlying assumptions with which their society approaches church-state issues. However, there is persuasive evidence that among some influential segments of the population, there is a very real antireligious strain.
Most Americans instinctively recoil from the claim that there is an antireligious bias running through the underlying assumptions with which their society approaches church-state issues. However, there is persuasive evidence that among some influential segments of the population, there is a very real antireligious strain.
धर्म को लेकर अदालत की हालिया समझ, जो इसे महज़ एक निजी मामला मानती है, बेहद संकीर्ण और सतही हो गई है।
The court's recent understanding of religion as a private matter for individuals has plainly become malnourished and impoverished.
The court's recent understanding of religion as a private matter for individuals has plainly become malnourished and impoverished.
धर्मनिरपेक्षतावादी यह तर्क देते हैं कि हमारे इतिहास में हिंसा की मुख्य वजह धार्मिक मतभेद रहे हैं—यह बात वे बड़ी सुविधा से नजरअंदाज कर देते हैं कि क्षेत्र, नस्ल और वर्ग के आधार पर भी हिंसक संघर्ष हुए हैं, जिनमें उस समय तक के इतिहास का सबसे खूनी युद्ध, यानी गृहयुद्ध भी शामिल था।
Secularists argue that differences of religion were the chief cause of violence in our history - conveniently overlooking violent clashes of region, race, and class, not the least of which was the bloodiest war in history until that time, the Civil War.
Secularists argue that differences of religion were the chief cause of violence in our history - conveniently overlooking violent clashes of region, race, and class, not the least of which was the bloodiest war in history until that time, the Civil War.