What she was trying to say that the phrase "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution. That's a frequent talking point of the religious right, and factually correct. What her opponent was saying is that concept is there, but she apparently lacks the ability to comprehend at that level of logic.
As for anyone born and bred in the US being ignorant of the Constitution...quick, without looking it up, tell me: When it was adopted. How many amendments it has. The five rights identified in the first amendment Which article and section defines the limits on congressional powers and what are those limits On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I refuse to believe anyone born and bred in the US could be THAT > ignorant of the Constitution. She had to have been misunderstood. Mind > you I can't think of what she might have meant, but I just don't see how > it's possible for her to have not known the first amendment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
