Posted on 10/19/2010 8:25:06 AM PDT by truthfreedom
Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Constitution calls for a separation of church and state, appearing to disagree or not know that the First Amendment bars the government from establishing religion.
The exchange came in a debate before an audience of legal scholars and law students at Widener University Law School, as O'Donnell criticized Democratic nominee Chris Coons' position that teaching creationism in public school would violate the First Amendment by promoting religious doctrine.
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They really detest Christine because they can't control her.
Go Christine!!
"Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Constitution calls for a separation of church and state, appearing to disagree or not know that the First Amendment bars the government from establishing religion."
First Amendment (from memory): "Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Okay, that's clear enough. Congress, 535 jerks on Capitol Hill can't pass laws ESTABLISHING any particular religion as the country's religion. And, they can't pass laws to stop you from practicing your own religion. Plain English.
"Separation of Church and State" is a different concept, a more stringent, almost anti-religious concept, in which religions and governments may not INTERACT. That's patent baloney. It is essentially the ESTABLISHMENT of ANTI-RELIGION.
I'll argue for the moment that "Separation of Church and State" as a concept is antithetical to the First Amendment, because it establishes anti-religion as the National Religion.
Leftists have grabbed ahold of "Separation of Church and State" as their Established Religion in order to quash any actual Religion from interacting with the Government. That's totalitarian, as usual for leftists.
And, more than avoiding the Establishment of a National Religion, is aimed squarely at the public existence of Religion, which they want to kill in favor of G-dless Marxism.
I’d like to hear the exact quote.
The leftist probably said “separation of church and state”
I think that the whole post 1947 “separation of church and state” is just wrong and it should be overturned as much as Roe v Wade.
I agree. In addition, Fox radio news is indistinguishable from MSNBC. My affiliate which carries Rush has it, and I am forced to listen to it. They frame every story like any other MSM outlets. It sucks.
Yes, I’m not a Constitutional scholar, but I agree, that whole notion has done more to harm the country than pretty much anything.
Agreed.
Christine should be talking about the Everson line of cases for years. I’m sure that Christine knows exactly all about this. This should be in her wheelhouse.
Anyway, the scumbag AP reporter snots, "...appearing to disagree or not know that the First Amendment bars the government from establishing religion." The scumbag AP reporter appears to disagree or not know that the First Amendment bars congress from establishing religion, and it also bars congress from making any law that prohibits the free exercise of religion.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...."
Exactly. Even after the Constitution was signed, many states had official state religions, which was not a violation of the Constitution. The Founders did not want an official national religion similar to what England and many European countries had.
Thank you for so clearly stating that.
You don’t have to be a Constitutional scholar to know that that whole “separation of Church and State” is bs.
And we don’t necessarily want Christine to be off message right now, but we do want Christine talking about this in the future.
Hush, you’ll scare the Obots. I’d rather not stir them up. ;)
It was on the Fox website. But it said AP on that website.
I didn’t know exactly how to describe it.
I’m distressed that FOX, which is supposed to be our news station, is printing something that is clearly leftist bs.
Fox could just point out that many many many people, most conservatives, think she’s right. This is an active issue that many people pay attention to.
O’Donnell asking Coons...
“You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?”
seems to be referring back to her question to him about “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?”
I could be wrong, but she appears to be challenging Coons to point to where in the first amendment the term “separation of church and state” exists.
At least that is my impression.
This reporter is a moron if he thinks there is no difference between “separation of church and state” and “no establishment of religion.”
A stupid moron, giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
People have been loudly arguing this question for the past 50 or 60 years. And he missed it?
Yeah, she had better issue a clarification immediately or this will be all the media reports of the debate.
Right, it’s a point for Christine. I’d like to see our conservative pundits argue for Christine on this one strongly.
“Separation of Church and State” is not in the Constitution.
It was made up in 1947.
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