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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Bill who wrote (705967)10/5/2005 6:35:36 PM
From: trouthead  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
As you well know that particular phrase does not exist. It comes from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote. But it is extrapolated from the 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. "

Here is another quote that frames the discussion about it:

"The debate over church/state separation is fundamentally a debate about the meaning of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Briefly, one side in the debate believes that the Constitution gives government the power to regulate some aspects of religion, and that the First Amendment bars only the establishment of a national church. The other side in the debate believes that the Constitution gives government no power over religion, and that the First Amendment should be broadly read to ban all types of interference with religion. In this section we identify what parts of the Constitution are at issue in the debate, and lay out the positions of both sides in greater detail."

How far you decide to take the first amendment will determine what you deem acceptable. I think the doctors oath of "Do no harm" is an excellent guide.

jb
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