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Originally Posted by djplong
Wrong.
The passage is "Congress shall pas no law respecting an establishment of religion".
IT DOES *NOT* SAY "ESTABLISHMENT OF *A* RELIGION"!!!!!!
The word "establishment" is a NOUN in that sentence!
A church or school is an establishment of religion - in the way, as I like to use as an example - that a pub is an establishment of alcohol.
There is a HUGE difference there.
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I don't get your analogy at all. A school is an establishment of religion? What are you talking about? I don't see your point at all; I'm serious.
The state shall make no law respecting (meaning the next phrase) an establishment of religion. A direct reference and rejection of what they left, meaning a government religion like the Church of England.
Maybe the complete phrase might clear this up.
(The following is from Wikipedia, if that is acceptable. If not I will look further)
"The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances."