Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Political Venom strikes again

Christie O'Donnell of DE is currently being lighted up by media for asking "Where in the Constitution does it say separation of Church and State". The true fact is, it does not. The common reference of this term is associated with the First Amendment:


"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
But however the term does not reside in it. It actually has its genesis from Thomas Jefferson in 1802 in a letter to the Danbury Baptist in Danbury CT.

But that point aside, one is being lambasted by media for stating a fact, IT IS IN FACT NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION, rather than it is not in agreement with their perception of meaning. Instead of stating it to be a "true" statement and take issue with her interpretation and contending it implies a "separation" though does not state it, a factual statement has been twisted into being presented as false due to a political disagreement.

This is Political Venom. We can disagree, we can agree to disagree, but we can not change the facts, and the attempt has been made here to do just that, change a factual statement from one, and present it to be false.

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