Religion is not a Church - Democratic Underground

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Mon Mar-13-06 04:22 PM
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Religion is not a Church

Conservative religious fundamentalists continue to make the silly claim that the Establishment Clause only prohibits the creation of a state church.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." ~Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

I always thought "religion" encompassed more than a church such as beliefs and practices. If the Founders wanted courts to follow the narrow reading of the First Amendment offered by these conservatives would they not have worded it narrowly in the first place?

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