"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
Ok, here is the deal..
Congress shall make NO LAW.
What is a law?Is it part of state?What is state?Are laws in state?
Respecting an establishment of religion.
How do you establish a religion and respect it?Is that by unifying state and church?Is that by saying "we are a Christian nation"?
Now lets put that together:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
Now clearly this means that our "state" shall not make an official religion.Doesn't it?Besides actually saying "separation of church and state" how much more clear can that be?If you make a law based on religion you break this because the word law is in it.Same with a religion.
2006-08-22
22:00:50
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BuckFush
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