“The ACLU makes repeated reference to the ’separation of church and state.’ This extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome. The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state. Our nation’s history is replete with governmental acknowledgment and in some cases, accommodation of religion.”
Pure, simple and absolutely crystaline logic, worthy of a Freeper. And judge, it's become tiresome to all of us.
So there is the key: "acknowledge and accomodate" without "advocating"!
That's always been exactly how I read the First amendment!
I address the claim that:
The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state. Our nation’s history is replete with governmental acknowledgment and in some cases, accommodation of religion.”
My comment is:
The separation between church and state is the non-existence of government authority over religion or our duty to the Creator. When you show me where the Constitution grants the government authority over religion, I will concede that there is no separation between church and state in the Nobel Charter.
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