Re: Florida Senate Judiciary approves repeal of church state separation

"Karl Swenson" <[email protected]>
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And by the way the idea was to prevent the legislature from adopting a
formal religion ala England, not from prohibiting religion in the public
forum.

 

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>Because the Constitution is pretty specific on this point:

 

>"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free >exercise thereof." 

 

>Nothing about states.

 

Um...it does not say the President or Senate, either.  So you think the
founding fathers were only meaning Congress-anyone else (A state or
President) can?

Thom
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