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Right from the 1st Amendment. I'm not saying we should have any religious groups in charge of the government or running things behind closed doors but separation of church and state is simply not in the constitution.
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Yet if one reads things like The Federalist Papers and numerous other writings authored by the founding fathers that drafted the consitution you will see the term "separation of church and state" used.
It is called the "spirit of the law". The words "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" are pretty dang clear to me. Yet this administration has pushed through Congress "faith based initiatives" that have become law. I'm no scolar of juris prudence but that seems a bit UNconstitutional. [/b]
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I'm not saying faith based initiatives are constitutional, I just quoted what it said in the 1st amendment...
I did read one piece written by Thomas Jefferson regarding the separation of Church and State but it was regarding a specific instance, not overall.
I never said I was against separation of church and state, just that it never specifically says it in the constitution. And well all know letter of the law and spirit of the law do not always co-exist peacefully.