disestablishing

By 'disestablishing' religion, rather than destroying it (as happened largely in both Eastern and Western Europe), the Founding Fathers of the American Republic forced it to become enterprising.

The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

Anti-Republicans in 1793, recommending extending the franchise and disestablishing the Church.

Index of People 2009

Instead, as a good Popperian, I believe that we should ask what problem disestablishing the Church of England would solve.

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

Constitutional experts have argued that reform of the Act of Settlement and its related statutes would set in train an inevitable momentum towards disestablishment, and disestablishing the Church of England would automatically remove the rationale for the religious provisions binding succession to the crown.

UK: Reforms would allow non-Protestant heir and end male priority 2008

Phil Woolas was pulled from appearing on tonight's BBC Question Time programme, by whom it is unclear although rumours abound that it was because of his recent comments on immigration and disestablishing the Church of England.

Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008

Some wanted them disestablished (disestablishmentarianism) and others opposed the disestablishing of the established religions (antidisestablishmemtarianism).

Supreme Court accepts case regarding cross on federal land | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

Pushing back at hemlines, then bikini lines, then "tolerating" public nuidity (in a sort of quasi-humorous festival atmosphere) disestablishing sexual morality as being "real," It all came from the same crowd that gave us re-labeled Marxism as Public policy.

Sound Politics: Were You Offended? 2007

If that's true, then there's an interesting irony that the anti gay marriage folks will actually be the catalyst in disestablishing the institution of marriage.

Should Have Taken The Car (And Other Radical Notes On Public Policy and Family Values) Tenured Radical 2009

The American culture of religious liberty helped create a busy free market of faith: by disestablishing churches, the nation made religion more popular, not less.

The End of Christian America 2009

The representatives of those states insisted on the First Amendment to prohibit the new federal government from interfering with or disestablishing the established religions.

Supreme Court accepts case regarding cross on federal land | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009