R.I.P. Scout26
The phrase ". . . separation of church and state . . . " does not appear anywhere in the Constitution.The 1st Amendment is very specific enjoining Congress from making laws that either establish religion, or prevent its free exercise. Various courts have invented additional restrictions - allegedly based on the 1st Amendment - that simply aren't there in the plain text.[sarcasm]It's still disheartening to see that someone who was a bearded Marxist is more of a Constitutional scholar than a former witch.[/sarcasm]
But, bonus points for anyone who knows where the language of Separation of Church and State is found....(hint, it's communist...)
What roo_ster said, but I have heard that that language is also found in a Soviet constitution or bill of rights. Is that what you mean?
The Soviet constitution is written on single ply.
They didn't have double or single ply in the old Soviet Union; they used cut up old Pravdas.
This.I listened to the entire exchange. The article is interpreting her comments wrong. She could have articulated her point better.But, bonus points for anyone who knows where the language of Separation of Church and State is found....(hint, it's communist...)
How many states does O'Donnel think there are?
WRT to the exchange, Althouse wrote what I was thinking:http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/odonnell-and-coons-on-separation-of.html