thereisnospoon
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O'Donnell Vs. Coons is probably one the the counties highest pofile races, but this woman shoots herself in the foot damn near everytime she opens here mouth. Please Christine, PLEASE tell me 'that's what the first ammendment says?' was not a serious question.
O'Donnell questions separation of church, state - Yahoo! News
Ahh yes the old. We'll take a quote and mischaracterize" trick...Yes the little scribe devils at AP forgot about electronic media being the watchdog that keeps the print media in line.
Umm, here's a homework assignment for you or anyone else who dares.. Find in the US Constitution where there is any reference to "Seperation or Church and State"..
I'll save you the time.. It isn't there.
O'Donnell is going to win the seat.
BTW, the only mention of religion is in the Bill of Rights.
Amendment I.......Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The origins of what is now the misunderstood and misued phrase "seperation of church and state" come from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson..Here is an excerpt from that letter....."Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. [Congress thus inhibited from acts respecting religion, and the Executive authorised only to execute their acts, I have refrained from prescribing even those occasional performances of devotion, practiced indeed by the Executive of another nation as the legal head of its church, but subject here, as religious exercises only to the voluntary regulations and discipline of each respective sect.] Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties."Pretty simple.....
Yes Jefferson mentioned speration of church and state but in the strict context of the Establishment Clause