Random Thoughts from My ADD Brain: I shall suffer no fools...
Posted by Elizabeth Harty at 10/21/2010 08:10:00 PM
I didn't hear her speech but perhaps she was referring to the actual phrase "the separation of church and state" which originally was in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to some Baptist church assuring them that the government would not step on their rights. Of course you are correct that the first amendment does say that the government won't mess with our right to practice the religion of our choice, so I'm guessing O'Donnel's words were a political decision, aimed at those who fear, for whatever reason, that their freedoms are being trampled on by the government.
Random Thoughts from My ADD Brain: I shall suffer no fools...
Posted by Elizabeth Harty at 10/21/2010 08:10:00 PM
I didn't hear her speech but perhaps she was referring to the actual phrase "the separation of church and state" which originally was in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to some Baptist church assuring them that the government wo
uld not step on their rights. Of course you are correct that the first amendment does say that the government won't mess with our right to practice the religion of our choice, so I'm guessing O'Donnel's words were a political decision, aimed at those who fear, for whatever reason, that their freedoms are being trampled on by the government.