Mark Levin and Michael McConnell on the separation of church and state The phrase "separation of church and state" appears nowhere in the Constitution, and the Founding Fathers saw nothing wrong with having religion in American culture, according to an expert. While Congress is prohibited from enacting a state religion, the founding document says nothing about banishing religion from the public square, Professor Michael McConnell told Mark Levin on " Life, Liberty & Levin ." "The words ‘separation of church and state’ are not in the Constitution… I think this is a shorthand version of what the establishment clause means," he added, noting the passage in the Constitution that reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." SUPREME COURT RULES PEACE CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CAN STAND "It does have a deep history because there were, in the 18th century, prominent writers who openly advocated for a union between church and state. There’s actually a famous essay by one of the Bishops in the Church of England by that very title. "And, our framers did not did not believe in a union between church and state." The Stanford law professor continued, […]
