I know this term is not actually in any law, and is not in the Constitution. Obviously, a PC Liberal made it up one day and decided it was now a law.
But who actually made it up? I would love to know.
BTW, all the Constitution says is that the state should not establish a religion. But right now, it looks like they ARE establishing a religion: Atheism.
2007-02-02 05:46:19 · 8 answers · asked by I STILL hate hippies 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The Supreme Court Invented it it is no where in the Constitution the intent was not to have a Gov. controlled Church but allow the free use of religion. They pray at Senate and Congress when they are in doing their business.
It's a lie the left holds because their religion is politics and God has nothing to do with that. SO silencing god allows them to do what ever acts they want and it is legal.
2007-02-02 05:51:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Since the Constitution is quite vague on this and other points, the Supreme Court has to interpret it in order for it to mean anything. If we use the narrowest possible reading of the Establishment clause, the government could fund one religion while heavily taxing others, as long as they didn't officially declare one as the "official" state religion. Obviously, this would undermine the intent of the First Amendment to protect religious freedom. So we have to come up with some rules about government keeping its hands out of religion.
The Supreme Court's historical approach to the Establishment clause is rather convoluted. They're obviously trying to prevent egregious government involvement in religion while preserving the more innocuous activities that the public supports, such as prayer in the Senate, religious inscriptions on money, and so on. If the Court outlawed those things, the public's outrage would damage the Court's legitimacy--even though the only logical way to have a secular government is prohibit all religious activity by the government.
By the way, atheism is not a religion. It's a lack of religion. The government isn't telling anyone to be atheists.
2007-02-02 14:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by rainfingers 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was written into the Federalist Papers. Either Jefferson or Hamilton wrote them. Not sure which. But you are correct: the Constitution does not say a thing about a seperation of church and state...that misleading idea has popped up repeatedly and has no legal ground.
1st Amend: "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 peacefully to assemble or to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Seems pretty straight forward to me.
2007-02-02 13:56:12 · answer #3 · answered by thinking-guru 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was in a writing of Thomas Jefferson, but never in a legal document. I'm amazed at how many people think this is actually mentioned in the Constitution. It's a phrase never mentioned in the Constitution that is relied upon to pass Constitutional Law. Amazing.
2007-02-02 13:52:42 · answer #4 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson...but it was not in any legal document, it was in a letter he wrote to a friend...many historians feel he was talking about not allowing the government to mandate a religion, not completely taking God out of government...he was a Christian and I think the minority atheist use this as a way to control the majority...sad really...
2007-02-02 13:53:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh, poor deluded child.
Several of our Founding Father's described the FIRST AMENDMENT as "the Seperation of Church and State", the most famous of them being Thomas Jefferson.
And I don't know who suckered you into believing this crap, but obviously they are a person who hates democracy, preferring instead a theocracy where they (the religious leader) is in charge of persons like you...mind, body, soul, and pocketbook. Unlike the person who holds sway over your relationship with the almighty, most United States Citizens can be respectful to a religion without forcing everyone else around them to follow it by law.
Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's....all else belongs to God. Remember who said that?
2007-02-02 13:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
LOL yes a PC liberal... Thomas Jefferson...
In the words of gamers everywhere.... Pwned, n00b.
2007-02-02 13:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by tivodan1116 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
tommy jefferson was believed to have first used the term.
2007-02-02 13:50:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋