jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoSpeaker Johnson: Separation of church, state ‘a misnomer’thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1428arrow-down1external-linkSpeaker Johnson: Separation of church, state ‘a misnomer’thehill.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square86fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarekgbbot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up58·8 months agoDidn’t this religious asshole take an oath to uphold the constitution that literally decrees separation of church and state‽ Grounds for a firing.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoConstitution only says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Jefferson coined the term in a letter regarding the 1A. Maybe I’m splitting hairs, but in any case “separation of church and state” is how we have always interpreted it.
Didn’t this religious asshole take an oath to uphold the constitution that literally decrees separation of church and state‽ Grounds for a firing.
Constitution only says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Jefferson coined the term in a letter regarding the 1A.
Maybe I’m splitting hairs, but in any case “separation of church and state” is how we have always interpreted it.