Friday, October 22, 2010

What If Christine O'Donnell Were Right About The First Amendment?

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion "At the same time, however, the Court has recognized that"
total separation is not possible in an absolute sense. Some relationship between government and religious organizations is inevitable.
Ibid. In every Establishment Clause case, we must reconcile the inescapable tension between the objective of preventing unnecessary intrusion of either the church or the state upon the other, and the reality that, as the Court has so often noted, total separation of the two is not possible. [p673]
And On O'Donnell's Flub: After 24 Hours, It Appears It Was No Flub At All. Washington Post Reporter Ben Evans Simply Lied. "In other words, she makes it perfectly clear what she's questioning. "Not that the Establishment Clause says what it says, but whether the phrase "separation of church and state" appears in the clause.
"And of course, on that point, she's 100% right.
Don't believe me? Well believe the Washington Post, which now reports the exchange as concluding thus:"...
Strong language advisory in this article, regrettably.

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