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Originally Posted by queequeger
... I realize that saying it's 'unconstitutional' right after saying that the principle was never placed in the constitution makes me look like a tool...
/me looks for that damned edit button.
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Unconstitutional refers to amendments as well. When the "penmen" wrote the constitution, they were figuring out a way to construct a better form of government. Once written, they had to sell it to the people. As written, the people couldn't see any advantage for themselves, that they would be better off or not be persecuted for various and sundry reasons as they had under other governments. The Bill of Rights was written as part of the Constitution, to assuage those fears, a primary one separation of church and state, before the people accepted it.