What does the U.S. Constitution — specifically the First Amendment — really say about the separation of church and state?
This question has been at the center of public debate for decades, as atheist activists, in particular, have advanced the notion that the nation’s founders envisioned a particularly fervent imposition of the segregation of God and government. But is this really the case?
Dr. John Eastman, a distinguished law professor at Chapman University, told TheBlaze that he believes these non-believers have their story wrong.
“They think the phrase separation of church and state is the First Amendment,” he said, going on to note that these words don’t appear anywhere in the U.S. Constitution.
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Local state facilities have hosted church functions for decades.At times,churches would be displaced with no where to worship,and at times too many would be at a function for the church itself to host.That part of the Constitution has been completely ignored,at least in Wicomico County.
ReplyDeletethe original papers given to us by our founders were concerned about the state running the church (England); not the church running the state (extreme Islam).
ReplyDeleteChurches regularly used town hall for services, as it was not in use on weekends. God blesses our government every day, and, really, Allah does the opposite, but we allow his worship by others, because we are .... wait for it....
ReplyDeleteChristians!
And first amendment followers.
Allah is God, just as Yahweh is God and Jehovah is God, they're all names for the same deity. 6:15
ReplyDeleteAlso, the First Amendment does clearly prohibit the establishment of any religion, which has been interpreted many times over by the highest court in the land to mean there's a separation b/w church and state. Additionally, that exact phrase was used by our Founders in personal correspondence regarding the new nation, just not in the actual Constitution, so it's still accurate to say it was their opinion that church and state should be separated. Sorry to all you old-school religious conservatives, but secularism is on the rise everywhere, including America now.