6th Circuit rejects “separation of church and state” December 21, 2005 Values group hails unanimous decision Tuesday 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals: “The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state.” CINCINNATI — In an astounding return to judicial interpretation of the actual text of the United States Constitution, a unanimous panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Tuesday issued an historic decision declaring that “the First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state.” In upholding a Kentucky county’s right to display the Ten Commandments, the panel...