How to Use separation of church and state in a Sentence

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• The separation of church and state isn’t doing too great in Texas right now.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
• The moves are drawing concern about the separation of church and state.
  — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
• The separation of church and state is a concept older than the United States.
  — Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• Such actions run counter to the separation of church and state, critics say.
  — Jeffrey S. Solochek, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
• The new law has fueled heated debates over the separation of church and state.
  — Ana Ceballos and, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
• Some clergy and politicians aren’t fond of separation of church and state.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
• And a healthy separation of church and state was key to ensuring those freedoms.
  — Steven K. Green, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
• Others have raised concerns about the issue of separation of church and state.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2023
• With this clear separation of church and state, Gelsinger hopes everyone will now flock to Intel.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
• Stahl Hamilton at the time described her actions as a protest regarding the separation of church and state.
  — Ray Stern, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• The law has fueled heated debates over separation of church and state.
  — Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
• The ruling adds to a line of recent Supreme Court decisions relaxing the separation of church and state.
  — Greg Stohr, Bloomberg.com, 27 June 2022
• There is a separation of church and state — except ‘Live’ is a little bit different.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
• The core idea was that government and religion exist in two distinct spheres — the basis for separation of church and state.
  — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2024
• Our generation has been convinced that there's a separation of church and state, right?
  — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• The group, which advocates for the separation of church and state, filed complaints with the city of Albany about the cross and the city council began challenging the Lions Club legal easement in court.
  — Kristine Parks, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
• The two agreed to launch a group with a mission of maintaining inclusive religious freedom while keeping alive the separation of church and state.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2023
• Other bills this session have also raised concerns from advocates and researchers about the separation of church and state.
  — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Lewis argued that the separation of church and state arose from Christian principles, not universal ones.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
• Advocating for a strict separation of church and state, France became the first country to repeal its blasphemy law in 1881.
  — Armin Langer, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2023
• In truth, the Satanist movement is more about separation of church and state than actually praising Beelzebub.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 May 2024
• This approach has been used by the conservative court in the last couple of years to reverse Roe v. Wade, vastly expand gun rights, and overturn 50-plus years of existing doctrine on the separation of church and state.
  — Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
• His remarks about the separation of church and state stand in contrast to the First Amendment, which bars the government from making any law respecting the establishment of religion.
  — Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• More importantly, the separation of church and state is an important value to uphold.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024
• Now, with a Supreme Court friendly to school prayer, educators and state lawmakers around the country are testing the limits of the strict separation of church and state written into the Constitution.
  — Linda K. Wertheimer, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
• The groups say the law violates the separation of church and state in public buildings and would impact students’ education and safety, according to an ACLU statement.
  — Jennifer Vilcarino, ABC News, 20 June 2024
• Public school advocates quickly filed a petition to raise the question of using state money for private or parochial K-12 schools − invoking the separation of church and state.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• Opponents argue that the law is a violation of separation of church and state and that the display will isolate students, especially those who are not Christian.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2024
• Both mandates have been met with intense scrutiny from democratic lawmakers and groups that support separation of church and state.
  — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• Christian nationalism represents a radical rejection of the founders’ core belief in the separation of church and state.
  — Katherine Stewart, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024