Law and Religion

The church and state were supposed to be kept separate from each other in today’s society. The idea that law is based on moral standards seems to be including religion into the process. When we look at some of the cornerstones of the United States we see the name God a lot, for example, in the pledge of allegiance and on our currency. The word God is not a universal term as the word law would be. Not everyone believes in the same religion, but the word law is a universal term. The one problem with including religion in the law making is which religion do we base our laws off of. There are so many religions and beliefs in the world today that it would not be fair to not include all of them. We need to throw out our morals and realize the main reason the law is in place is to protect the people. Morals are something that can be changed and they should not be used to decide what is right and wrong. Morals should not be the basis for which we form our laws. Laws should be made on the basis of protection for all rather than religion and what our religious morals are.