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To: RonF

Thank-you for clarifying.

But “separation of church and state”....those words....are not in the Constitution, correct?

The libs want “In God We Trust” removed from our coins, too.


36 posted on 04/29/2010 2:06:35 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm voting for Sarah Palin because she pisses off the right people.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Correct. They are not.

The language of the First Amendment says that Congress will not pass any laws regarding the establishment of a religion. That means that the Federal government (and now the states) may not create an established religion. An established religion is one that is favored above others through financial and other support that is not available to other religions. For example, the Church of England is the established religion of Great Britain. It receives financial support from the State. The 26 most senior Bishops (including the Archbishops of Canterbury and York) sit in the House of Lords and vote on legislation as a right of their position in the Church. That is an established religion. We do not have an established religion in the U.S. Putting up a cross on public land to commemorate war dead or “In God We Trust” on our money isn’t creating an established religion either.


37 posted on 04/29/2010 2:29:15 PM PDT by RonF
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