American Government / Unit 3 Gov 106 short lesson, about 20 seconds
ERROR: "'Separation of Church and State' Is Constitutional Text"
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The idea
The claim that the phrase "separation of church and state" appears in the Constitution is false: the words come from a Jefferson letter.
In practice
The constitutional text is the two religion clauses of the First Amendment.
Where people slip
The metaphor summarizes one reading of the clauses; the clauses, not the metaphor, are law.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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