Intellectually, she is a bimbo. She's not even technically right. The first amendment does establish the separation of church and state. This has been recognized for over 200 years. The democrat is going to crush her.
The church and state issue has been so badly interpreted over the years that it does not even remotely resemble what the forefathers had in mind. Dems like Coons are the reason. Don't act so high and mighty because a veteran politician is going to defeat a neophyte young girl. Coons will be a pariah in the next session. He's part of a dying breed. Obama's greatest achievement is making Americans realize that.
:huh: Are you kidding? "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" What do you think that means? It is a prohibition against government regulation or endorsement of religion. A separation. Don't take my word for it. Take the word of the people who wrote it. "The [religious] devotion of the people has been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state." -- James Madison "Strongly guarded . . . is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States. . . ." -- James Madison "The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries." -- James Madison "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State." -- Thomas Jefferson "The government of the United States of America is not founded in any sense on the Christian religion. . . ." -- John Adams. The Constitution is a secular document. There is no mention of God, Jesus Christ, or a supreme being anywhere in the document.
Fortunately the forefathers wrote extensively of what they had in their mind, so we don't have to take your misleading spin on it. Read the post above. Why not? You act high and mighty all the time. Since when has being a neophyte young girl become congressional timber?
Well, that's my point, Red. She's not even remotely close to being congressional timber yet you act like it's some huge accomplishment that Coons will beat her. She's within 11 points and that speaks volumes for the Dems current state of affairs.
They did not want Government to be telling people what they could or could not do regarding religion. They did not contemplate forbidding prayer in schools and at public events or abolishing nativity scenes and memorial crosses. In banning such religious observances, the government is doing precisely what the forefathers tried to avoid. There was no political correctness in 1776.
this isn't about school prayer though, this about wanting to teach creationism in school. public schools should never, under any circumstances teach something that has absolutely zero merit. and if it does have merit, then prove it. the burden of proof isn't on people who don't believe in it.
