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To: Right Wing Professor
Oh, please. That's like challenging someone to document that democrats are liberal. Have you been living in outer space for the last five decades? From the ADL - Here:
Separation of Church and State: A First Amendment Primer

Separation: Good for Government, Good for Religion

The right to freedom of religion is so central to American democracy that it was enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution along with other fundamental rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

In order to guarantee an atmosphere of absolute religious liberty, this country's founders also mandated the strict separation of church and state. Largely because of this prohibition against government regulation or endorsement of religion, diverse faiths have flourished and thrived in America since the founding of the republic.

Indeed, James Madison, the father of the United States Constitution, once observed that "the [religious] devotion of the people has been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state."

The bold type statements are perfect examples of what was stated. It is implied that the phrase is in the Constitution.
20 posted on 06/01/2005 12:02:03 PM PDT by watchin (People become leftists as a sort of gesture of infantile rage against their parents)
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To: watchin
It is implied that the phrase is in the Constitution.

I see no such implication. In fact, the Madison quote is quite clearly stated to be an observation, and therefore no reasonable person would infer it was in the Constitution.

24 posted on 06/01/2005 12:19:46 PM PDT by Right Wing Professor
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