My+Reflection+on+Religion+in+America

Although America has made progress throughout the years and has learned to separate government and church in the most obvious ways, religion still plays a key role in government. We no longer look to the heads of the church to punish us like in __The Scarlet Letter__, and now we have the freedom to believe in whichever religion or idea that we choose. However, when we hear our presidents say the presidential oath of office and add in "so help me God" it makes me wonder how separate church and state really are. We mention God in our national anthem, our pledge of allegiance, and "In God we trust" is engraved on almost all of our coins. I don't believe that people in our government should not be religious or have to be of different religions, but I question the need for God to be mentioned in our basic national symbols because it doesn't leave room for other beliefs. We should learn to open our views and acknowledge and accept other beliefs in order to have a diverse and accepting nation.

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