whitehall
Diamond Member
"Separation of Church and State" has no basis in the Constitution. As a matter of fact it is a violation of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution that guarantees the protection of religious beliefs. The current version of "Church/State" is a result of the majority opinion of a former KKK member appointed to the Supreme court by FDR. As a KKK member, Justice Black might have grown up with an abiding hatred of Papists as well as Blacks . Around the late 40's, Catholic based education challenged the liberal FDR federal education policies and Justice Black and the liberal Supreme Court invented the concept of separation that did not exist in the Constitution in order to try to stop Papist learning institutions from challenging federal education.