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Originally Posted by Ali
In her defense, the 1st ammendment doesn't really specify separation of church and state, it's just been interpreted that way since the late 40's. One of the reasons we have so many issues of religion v. government if you ask me.
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Take a look at this article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_exclus...-needs-to-know
More specifically this part
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The words "separation of church and state" appear nowhere in the Constitution. That's true, and O'Donnell's camp now says that's what she really meant. The phrase stemmed from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. He cited the language of the First Amendment and said that it built "a wall of separation between Church and State." This was not just some poetic flourish. This was one of the nation's founders and author of the Declaration of Independence explaining exactly what the First Amendment means.
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