In Reply to: An important clarification posted by John Marks on April 20, 2002 at 07:48:32:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of". That is the actual amendment in regards to seperation of church and state. The term "seperation of church and state" is just a description of what is clearly said in the first amendment. The clear goal was to keep government from interfering with peoples' right to choose to worship or not worship as they wish. Our founding fathers hardly held any consensus on religion in any way shape or form. An obvious good reason for preventing government from promoting or discouraging any form of religion or non religion
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- Re: An important clarification - Analog Scott 18:37:43 04/20/02 (2)
- Freedom of, and from, religion -t - The Killer Piglet 19:09:57 04/20/02 (1)
- Re: Freedom of, and from, religion -t - Analog Scott 20:10:13 04/20/02 (0)