O'Donnell questions separation of church, state
WILMINGTON, Del. — Republican Christine O'Donnell challenged her Democratic rival Tuesday to show where the Constitution requires separation of church and state, drawing swift criticism from her opponent, laughter from her law school audience and a quick defense from prominent conservatives.
Coons responded that O'Donnell's question "reveals her fundamental misunderstanding of what our Constitution is. ... The First Amendment establishes a separation."
She interrupted to say, "The First Amendment does? ... So you're telling me that the separation of church and state, the phrase 'separation of church and state,' is in the First Amendment?"
Her campaign issued a statement later saying O'Donnell "was not questioning the concept of separation of church and state as subsequently established by the courts. She simply made the point that the phrase appears nowhere in the Constitution."
Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh made the same point in his radio program soon after the debate, saying, "There's nothing in the Constitution about separation of church and state."
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Video: Christine O'Donnell ignorant of the Constitution (go to 7:03, 2:37, 3:35)
2 comments:
The audience, made up of law students, laughed at her.
As someone said today, she is a parody of an SNL parody of herself.
Oh..and the "it doesn't say that in the Constitution" is THE most childlike argument short of:
"We're not a Democracy, we're a Republic"
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