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Related: About this forumThe separation of church and state is not in the constitution.
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/
Pototan
(3,244 posts)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
(377 posts)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)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)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)And still be Christians that are allowed to rape and pillage all those who dont worship the same idol they do.
AZ8theist
(7,759 posts)...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)However the First Amendment, and The No Religious Test Clause - Article 5, Clause 3 and The Treaty of Tripoli, (ratified under John Adams) - The Government of the United States of America, is not, in any sense founded on the Christian religion, - sums it up !!!
KS Toronado
(24,184 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,928 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,843 posts)Festivito
(13,954 posts)As I understand it, the rule comes from the supreme court's interpretation of the first amendment.
Historic NY
(40,215 posts)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]
mwmisses4289
(5,164 posts)infullview
(1,162 posts)Another lesson from the third reich