Her Fundiness displayed her ignorance of the Constitution because she wants the Church to have much more say in our institutions but Chris Coons didn't exactly hit this fat pitch out of the park.
Yahoo News' Exclusive reported the exchange this way:
Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell's question "Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?" in an exchange Oct. 19 over teaching creationism in public schools tells us something about her but also reminds us of how often America's bedrock principles on government and religion are misunderstood.
Democratic candidate Chris Coons was quick to tell O'Donnell that religion and government are kept separate by the First Amendment.
"You're telling me that's in the First Amendment?" she responded.
I think Coons should have mentioned
Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance (1785) and, like Yahoo did, give us some
more information about American history:
The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American ideals for centuries. As early as 1640, Rhode Island founder and theologian Roger Williams cited the need for "a hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world." James Madison, the author of the Bill of Rights, would later explain the need for this separation, saying, "religion and Govt. will both exist in greater purity, Â the less they are mixed together."
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