• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    They treat the Constitution like they do their bible.

    They don’t read it.

    If they do read it, they just read the bits they agree with.

    If they read the parts that don’t fit their desired narrative, they engage in mental gymnastics to reinterpret what was written to fit their desires.

    Edit:

    Jefferson’s reply did not address their concerns about problems with state establishment of religion — only of establishment on the national level. The letter contains the phrase “wall of separation between church and state,” which led to the short-hand for the Establishment Clause that we use today: “Separation of church and state.”

    Which led to the Establishment Clause…

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…

    And also The point of Article 6 wherein no religious test is to be given to hold office.

    Better?

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      From article VI (3rd paragraph)

      "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executige and judicial officers, both of the united states and of the several states, shall be bound by oath of affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

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        It literally couldn’t be any clearer. I guess he’s the shittiest constitutional lawyer ever. But nobody will care. They eat up his arguing from authority fallacy bullshit