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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan
I think I could argue, without looking at any cases or analysis, that the "separation of church and state" is very easily found in the sixteen words "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
I think the concept is in the Constitution when one looks at the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses together. And while reasonable minds can (and do) differ on the point, that woman has no idea how or why she made the statement that she did. And when confronted with the actual content of the text, she revealed herself unable to articulate her position or even know how on earth she got there.
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Both sides of the aisle have talking points that they use at rallies and otherwise with their base. This is one of those. It takes a special kind of idiot to use one as a winning point in a candidate debate.
