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Originally Posted by The Third Man
She is correct. I challenge you to find the words 'seperation between church', or 'seperation of church and state', or any dirivative there of in the US consitution.
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Or 'God', or 'Christ'.
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She is absolutely correct. That wording nor any dirivative there of exists in the constitution of the US.
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So do you adhere to literal construction or original intent?
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Seems it was Coons, the self avowed Marxist, who didn't know the constitution.
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Nor, apparently, did James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution" and author of the First Amendment.
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Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion & Govt in the Constitution of the United States the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies, may be illustrated by precedents already furnished in their short history.
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http://candst.tripod.com/tnppage/detach.htm
Madison was also against any government support of religion (which could arguably extend to tax priveleges) and taxpayer-funded chaplains for Congress and the military.