Monday 13 February 2012

Agnosticism / Atheism: Why Must Non-Christians Use Christian Churches to Vote in Civil Elections?

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Why Must Non-Christians Use Christian Churches to Vote in Civil Elections?
Feb 13th 2012, 15:00

Voters at Cedar Hill Lutheran Church Cedar Hill, Missouri, 2004
Voters at Cedar Hill Lutheran Church
Cedar Hill, Missouri, 2004
Photo: Elsa / Getty Images

Many communities in America put polling stations in churches instead of fire halls, town halls, libraries, schools, or other neutral sites. Atheists as well as many theists rightfully object to being forced to use sectarian, religious institutions for voting in secular, civil elections. Such institutional mixing of religion and government violates the church-state separation. It not only conditions civil rights on entering a religious institution, but makes things difficult for churches too.

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