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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
I have never seen anything to back that up.
However, I have read and presented quite a bit that backs-up my assertion.
Please show me your evidence.
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Your evidence relates to the
Jefferson letter to Danbury Baptists, right? The one in which he's assuring them that the government
won't be interfering in their ability to worship as they choose?
Where'd I get my funny ideas about religious expression from?
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.
From Findlaw:
Establishment of Religion
''[F]or the men who wrote the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment the 'establishment' of a religion connoted sponsorship, financial support, and active involvement of the sovereign in religious activity.'' 41 ''[The] Court has long held that the First Amendment reaches more than classic, 18th century establishments.'' Supp.3 However, the Court's reading of the clause has never resulted in the barring of all assistance which aids, however incidentally, a religious institution. Outside this area, the decisions generally have more rigorously prohibited what may be deemed governmental promotion of religious doctrine.