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echo: holysmoke
to: Ross Cassell
from: God Dan
date: 2008-01-06 00:59:06
subject: Big stink in Green Bay

-> On 05 Jan 08  14:31:00, Ross Cassell got back to Daniel Prather 
-> Re: Big stink in Green Bay

 DP> What part of, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
 DP> of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." implies
 DP> anything otherwise?


 RC> Notice how "make no law establishing... or prohibiting"

 RC> "make no law"..

 RC> Its in the details.

 RC> It doesnt say separate or separation.

It doesn't have to.  The fact that it is prohibited from making laws 
for or against religion says it all.  If gvt can't effect religion, 
there is a de facto and de jure separation of church and state.  


... It might work for his Sunday School class, but not here.
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