That's not in the original constitution, that's an amendment..... that was my point. Before you go trying to personally insult me why don't you try comprehending what I'm typing. An amendment to the constitution is not in it's original body. [/quote]


Where is the separation of church and state ammendment? I wasn't insulting you. It was an observation and personal opinion. The ammendment process was part of our founding fathers intentions so that laws could be made and ammended through a constitutional process. You used the argument for separation of church and state by citing that slavery wasn't addressed in the constitution. It was amended to address it. Where is the ammendment addressing the separation of church and state? [/quote]

It's never been seen as a requirement due to the Supreme Court decision in Reynolds vs US (1879) which determined that the 1st Amendment basically covered it and if not that Article VI did as well. But what do I know right?

It wasn't in the constitution, it was an idea posed by Jefferson (I think the original wording was slightly different) expressing the intent of the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses. And he never said it was "in the constitution", just that he agreed with the idea.

Where is the separation of church and state ammendment? I wasn't insulting you. It was an observation and personal opinion. The ammendment process was part of our founding fathers intentions so that laws could be made and ammended through a constitutional process. You used the argument for separation of church and state by citing that slavery wasn't addressed in the constitution. It was amended to address it. Where is the ammendment addressing the separation of church and state? [/quote]

It's never been seen as a requirement due to the Supreme Court decision in Reynolds vs US (1879) which determined that the 1st Amendment basically covered it and if not that Article VI did as well. But what do I know right? [/quote]

If your going to use a google search for your argument you should have done a little more research and used Everson vs Board of Education (1947) or Engel vs Vitale (1962) since the first case actually cited Jefferson's PERSONAL letters, which are the sole argument for separation of church and state , and the latter case actually takes the issue head on.

Know your enemies:

https://ffrf.org/about/getting-acquainted/itemlist/category/645-board-of-directors

Gomer, again, I agree with what you are saying, except I believe we dont need to keep our faith to ONLY the church and home. I believe 4:19 for that matter spells it out very clearly as a servant to God we should be going out to spread the Gospel. I cant fish for men if I am restricted to only my house and church.

Ok, I guess I should've rephrased it. I wasn't saying we should keep it to ourselves. I fully believe we should spread the word of God. I just dont think it's the public school's job to do so, for the reasons I initially mentioned.

I agree. Public schools have shredded history and are failing miserably at educating students on the basics. I certainly don't want them to attempt to teach my child something that is my job to teach. Not to mention the slippery slope of opening the door for all other religions to be taught (promoted), depending on who's in power at the time.

Ask Roy Moore how that argument turned out for him.

Boy you really don't understand me do you? If anyone else has knowledge besides you it's a google search? Geez, hahaha. Have a good day and enjoy your freedom I fought for.

the original constitution says a person has right to bare arms and has the freedom of religion among others that have been or tried to be amending through the years.