So this is a very nuanced point, and I want to. I want to just make sure that everybody's kind of on the same page here. So If you go back to the First Amendment, it doesn't say separation of church, church and state. It says, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. But if you go back to the founding time, there were actually a number of states that had formally recognized churches. So there was the Anglican Church of Virginia. (54:30–54:39)
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Asserts that the First Amendment does not mention separation of church and state, but rather prohibits Congress from establishing a religion.
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