Thanks for the ping.
I keep hearing people assert constitutional words which are not in the Constitution. One phrase is "separation of church and state". It is not in there. Here is what the Constitution has to say on that issue.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
Obviously, "separation" is not in that statement. I also keep hearing that Congress cannot promote religion. That is also not there.
PUBLIC LAW 103-344 [H.R. 4230]; October 6, 1994
PUBLIC LAW 103-344 [H.R. 4230]; October 6, 1994
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT
AMENDMENTS OF 1994
For Legislative History of Act, see Report for P.L. 103-344 in U.S.C.C. A.N. Legislative History Section. An Act to emend the American Indian Religious Freedom Act to provide for the traditional use of peyote by Indians for religious purposes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994". SEC. 2. TRADITIONAL INDIAN RELIGIOUS USE OF THE PEYOTE SACRAMENT.
The Act of August 11, 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1996), commonly referred to as the "American Indian Religious Freedom Act", is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 3. (a) The Congress finds and declares that-- "(1) for many Indian people, the traditional ceremonial use of the peyote cactus as a religious sacrament has for cen- turies been integral to a way of life, and significant in ... |
It is time we correct those anti-Constitutionalists.