This is the real problem with politics today.
A lot of people have been making fun of Christine O'Donnell, the GOP candidate for the Senate in Delaware. However, during a debate, something her opponent, Chris Coons, said caught my eye.
From:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...er=rss&emc=rss
Christine O'Donnell questions the separation of church and state and her opponent responds:
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When Mr. Coons offers a shorthand of the relevant section, saying, “government shall make no establishment of religion,” Ms. O’Donnell replies, “That’s in the First Amendment?”
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Coons gets it wrong as well. His quote above is WAY different than what's really in the Constitution:
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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"Make no establishment of religion" clearly means a prohibition of establishing a 'state religion'.
It's RESPECTING an ESTABLISHMENT (*noun*) of religion.
Neither one of the major candidates really knows the Constitution and that is NOT a good thing!