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Originally Posted by transplant99
Again...there is no actual clause in the amendment to ensure seperation of church and state...if i am reading those links correctly.
The way they invoked the idea is to not use the word "god" within the Constitution...thereby ensuring that seperation would exist?
I was always under the beleif that there was wording within the constitution that specifcally addressed the whole issue...apparently there is not.
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The Canadian Constituion is vaguely worded too:
Canada's constitution
Section 1 & 2 of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that certain freedoms are guaranteed and are subject "only to such reasonable limits that prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." Among these freedoms is are "freedom of conscience and religion..." These sections are vaguely similar to the free exercise clause of the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Other countries
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http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?titl...urch_and_state