Separation of Church and State

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The words "separation of church and state" might not be in our constitution, but the idea certainly is.

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0:00.0	Hannah, you don't want to, like, come clean on the most embarrassing civics gaff that
0:13.7	you've made?
0:14.7	I...no.
0:15.7	I don't want to do that.
0:17.6	No.
0:18.6	I was going to start with mine, but I am just not going to do it.
0:22.2	I'm not going to admit my most ignorant gaff since I started this job.
0:26.1	It's too embarrassing to even say out loud.
0:28.7	But if any of you happen to see me in the real world and you ask me in person, I will
0:32.3	tell you.
0:34.0	So I bring it up because Hannah, you refrained from referencing the West Wing until your
0:39.6	government shut down episode.
0:41.9	And today, I break my fast.
0:45.7	I start with a West Wing episode that saved me from another blunder.
0:51.5	The law, separation of church and state.
0:53.8	Who told you that?
0:54.7	You know exactly what I'm talking about, so the government and the church are not supposed
0:59.2	to be the same thing.
1:00.4	And you think there's a law?
1:01.4	There is.
1:02.4	What kind of law?
1:03.4	What the hell?
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