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[cLGenocide]

Haha Christine thinks they're laughing with her lololol.

[hybridinsurge]

As much as I want her to be wrong here she's actually right... The phrase seperation of church and state is not in the original document of the Constituition. The concept is, however, referenced in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."

[voz808]

I'm about 3 months late on this post, but meh.

Most people have posted the true quote from the constitution, but no one has said were the phrase "separation of church and state" came from. The Supreme Court first used "Separation of church and state" in one of their rulings to paraphrase the constitutions direct quote.

Either way, she is still an idiot for not knowing that their is no exact text in the Constitution. or not knowing it was a paraphrase.

[marcusbtv]

It doesn't actually say that in the constitution, this is just a case of when something is so accepted in our culture that we just assume it was in the thing that helped kick start our country. The rude, ignorant crowd laughing is why I'm not a democrat, and the biased agenda (in general) is why I'm not a republican either.

[hilleliza]

@neofryboy "The phrase does come from a founding father in reference to our government."

This information is in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article that shows up on the first page of a Google search for "separation of church and state." So you aren't providing any new information or anything that couldn't be found by 5 sec of typing on a search engine. Wikipedia isn't even a fantastic source, but your comment is still a "duh."

[NeoFryBoy]

@hilleliza True, but we can't tell if she's being literal or dumb. Need more video. The phrase does come from a founding father in reference to our government.

[hilleliza]

Well, it is an appropriate question. "Where in the Constitution is the phrase 'separation of church and state'"?

Actually, that phrase does not appear in the Constitution.

[2o9sfinest]

@eluminated as harmful as the slave trade may have been, it progressed the country. Like you said, this country should never be called a christian nation. But religion and/or moral beliefs influence everyone

[DBjorgo]

wish we saw more context

[suchasweety138]

It is hard to determine if she is being sarcastic or literal. I want to say she's dumb for saying that because it LOOKS like she's implying not only those words are not in the constitution, but also the principle is not in the constitution either. I wish there were more to this video. And others who criticize without knowing should think again. I'll have to thumbs down because this video is clearly only to make somebody look bad. Otherwise why not show what she was responding to?

[eluminated]

@2o9sfinest My argument is with those who claim that we are a "christian nation" and that the religion of christianity is what should govern our society. As a conservative I'm disgusted by that kind of thinking because rule by religion does nothing but harm and is always used to justify the very worst actions a nation can carry out with regards to individual freedoms as well as the treatment of other nations. There is no such thing as a "christian conservative"... don't let 'em fool ya! :)