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"Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..." Amendment I, Bill of Rights.

So if congress can make no law respecting any religion, how can they do what he says?

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"Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..." Amendment I, Bill of Rights.

So if congress can make no law respecting any religion, how can they do what he says?

You play bad word games....where does it say..."congress can make no law respecting any religion"? It says "respecting an Establishment of religion....(ie. a denomination, a specific religion, a religious point-of-view)

If the 1st stated, "....shall make no laws respecting THE establishING of religion..." then I would give you the point, but that's just not what it says.

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You are still a bit off. Legal documents need to be looked at carefully - each word matters.

no laws "respecting an __ESTABLISHMENT__ of religion" are allowed

for centuries "ESTABLISHMENT" had a fixed meaning: "A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England" (Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996).

thus only true "establishment" of something along the lines of a Church of England (with an episcopal hierarchy established by the government).