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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The Stupid, It Burns-- Hoo Boy Does It Burn

Coons continued his explanation, and O'Donnell interrupted again. "So you're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?"

Coons went on to cite cases the Supreme Court had decided that backed up the position of a wall between church and state.

"Let me just clarify," O'Donnell pressed. "You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?"

"The government shall make no establishment of religion," Coons said, summarizing the gist of the specific words in the First Amendment's establishment clause.

"That's in the First Amendment?" O'Donnell asked again, eliciting further laughter from the room.

1 Comments:

Blogger Mark LaRochelle said...

O'Donnell was right; Coons was wrong.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=39596#

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