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The separation of church and state is not in the constitution. (Original Post) Dunc 3 hrs ago OP
First Amendment Pototan 3 hrs ago #1
Reading comprehension is Dave Id 49 min ago #12
It kind of is . . . Aussie105 3 hrs ago #2
That is ignorant bmichaelh 2 hrs ago #3
They really want to get rid of the New Testament. You know that evil stuff. LiberalArkie 36 min ago #13
It doesn't SPECIFICALLY say there's a separation.... AZ8theist 2 hrs ago #4
It doesn't use the word "Separation" - RB77 1 hr ago #5
Cheeto Pedo having trouble keeping his eyes open. KS Toronado 1 hr ago #6
Jeezus. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #7
Prohibiting the raping of young girls is not in the Constitution. I get it. twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #8
Neither is manslaughter or jwalking in the constitution. Festivito 1 hr ago #9
I hate that Patrick SOB. Texas needs to lock him up in an asylum Historic NY 1 hr ago #10
Who the the effing hell is that stupid sob?!? mwmisses4289 56 min ago #11
But if you repeat it enough times..... infullview 31 min ago #14

Pototan

(3,244 posts)
1. First Amendment
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:06 AM
3 hrs ago

First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

Dave Id

(376 posts)
12. Reading comprehension is
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 07:47 AM
49 min ago

either hard or selective for Republicans. And silly me, I thought they only applied that to the Bible. Looks like my old self learned something else about the fascist Right.

Aussie105

(8,354 posts)
2. It kind of is . . .
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:07 AM
3 hrs ago

But some go reading blind when they see stuff in the Constitution they don't like.

Like that one that says no demonic psychopath should be president.

bmichaelh

(1,320 posts)
3. That is ignorant
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:39 AM
2 hrs ago

James Madison and others did not want the new nation to be involved in religious wars of Europe.

That is main reason that clause is in it.

Many of the framers were Deists and would have little in common with those people standing behind Donald Trump.

In fact, Thomas Jefferson did not believe in miracles and created a version of Bible just limited to Christ's teachings, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

I suspect Trump and others wish they could get rid of Christ's moral teachings.

LiberalArkie

(19,973 posts)
13. They really want to get rid of the New Testament. You know that evil stuff.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 07:59 AM
36 min ago

And still be Christian’s that are allowed to rape and pillage all those who dont worship the same idol they do.

AZ8theist

(7,759 posts)
4. It doesn't SPECIFICALLY say there's a separation....
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 06:08 AM
2 hrs ago

...but the 1st Amendment IMPLIES it.

And these religious nitwits will never understand that the separation PROTECTS THEM.

The separation was REQUIRED to keep the religious factions from abusing and killing each other in the nations infancy.
It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant religious leaders are to our early history. That, and the made-up bullshit of how our country was started as a "christian" nation. WRONG!! The founding fathers were a lot smarter back then than the current Reich Wing in America is today. They put in place a framework where ALL RELIGIONS (and NO religion) could coexist in harmony.

It prevented the new nation from the mindless violence that one faction heaps on another for not believing "correctly".
It's why our ancestors left Europe in the first place, to escape religious tryanny.

Yet these fucking Nazi, racist, anti-semites want to bring us back to the Dark Ages.
Using violence, if necessary. (.see "KKK", anti-abortion activists, ICE, Jan 6th, etc.)

They can go fuck themselves.

RB77

(135 posts)
5. It doesn't use the word "Separation" -
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 06:53 AM
1 hr ago

However the First Amendment, and “The No Religious Test Clause” - Article 5, Clause 3 and The Treaty of Tripoli, (ratified under John Adam’s) - “The Government of the United States of America, is not, in any sense founded on the Christian religion”, - sums it up !!!

Festivito

(13,953 posts)
9. Neither is manslaughter or jwalking in the constitution.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 07:32 AM
1 hr ago

As I understand it, the rule comes from the supreme court's interpretation of the first amendment.

Historic NY

(40,211 posts)
10. I hate that Patrick SOB. Texas needs to lock him up in an asylum
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 07:33 AM
1 hr ago

Texas is now making reading the bible or bible passages part of the education curricula in schools.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/26/texas-bible-required-reading-public-school]

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