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To: Gamecock

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”

Anyone care to mention a major religion which doesn’t start with the foundation of a marriage ceremony?


4 posted on 04/29/2015 9:17:32 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: kingu
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”

Anyone care to mention a major religion which doesn’t start with the foundation of a marriage ceremony?

Actually the 1st Amendment declares that Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion one way or another. In other words the federal government can neither call for the establishment of religion nor forbid the states from doing so. All this amendment does is remove the question of religion from federal jurisdiction and reserve it to the states.

7 posted on 04/29/2015 9:31:59 AM PDT by Petrosius
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