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Originally Posted by Seaver
Sort of like the dogmatic believe in separation of church and state?
When it was never a law.
When it was never stated in the Constitution.
When it was simply a footnote in a Jeffersonian speech, and most of the same people choose to ignore his MANY speeches on the right to bear arms?
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You're correct in that it's not in the constitution. However courts have consistantly ruled that governments should not be mixing with religion. The separation of church and state idea is a very real one in United States law.
And it's a good idea. How can we have true freedom of (and/or from) religion if government institutions, including schools, are forcing people to participate in it?