DeLay says U.S. need not separate church, state [View All]

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3063337

March 1, 2005, 5:17PM
Associated Press
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DeLay says U.S. need not separate church, state
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WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said today there is no constitutional guarantee of separation of church and state as the Supreme Court prepared to take up a case challenging the display of the Ten Commandments on the Texas Capitol grounds.

"I hope the Supreme Court will finally read the Constitution and see there's no such thing, or no mention, of separation of church and state in the Constitution," said DeLay, a Republican from Sugar Land.

The First Amendment of the Constitution says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..."

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