Most Notable Quotations of 2010 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> At 10:01 AM -0500 11/22/10, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> >I would add to the list of quotations:
> >
> >Where in the Constitution is separation of church and state?
> >Christine O'Donnell
> >
>
> To be fair, it's not in the Constitution proper but in the First
> Amendment.  Perhaps Ms. O'Donnell  hadn't gotten that far, or skipped
> the boring First to get to the good stuff in the Second.
>

To be really, really fair, "separation of church and state" isn't in the
Constitution proper or in the First Amendment.  Both allowed some
interaction between church and state.

"Separation of church and state" comes from a letter by Thomas
Jefferson.  Not a bad rule, but it isn't in the Constitution.
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