[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Yourself 332AGN [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Marinade [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Yourself 332AGN [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dead FallingCP People miss it because that specific clause was never in the constitution. [/quote] also, seperation of church and state means the government can go and create a national church, nothing more then that[/quote] What makes you think that's all it means? From my understanding it actually means a lot more than that.[/quote]Let me put it another way, the government cannt go to a muslim and say there now a jew[/quote] Well yeah, that would go against the free exercise clause. However, the establishment clause also means that the government can not endorse, or promote any one religion over others. The idea that the first amendment was designed to create a wall of separation between church and state comes from a letter from Thomas Jefferson stating that that's what it means. It should also be noted that freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion.