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Chris Coons: The First Amendment establishes the separation, the fact that the federal government shall not establish any religion…

On the recordOctober 18, 2010
The First Amendment establishes the separation, the fact that the federal government shall not establish any religion and decisional law by the Supreme Court over many, many decades -- clarifies and enshrines that there is a separation of church and state that our courts and our laws must respect.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons explains the First Amendment's role in establishing the separation of church and state during a debate.

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