O'Donnell Blows Church-State Dog Whistle

O'Donnell Blows Church-State Dog Whistle

Much has been made of Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware’s apparent surprise that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution could be construed as supporting the separation of church and state.

In a debate this week at Widener University Law School with her Democratic opponent Chris Coons, the audience gasped at O’Donnell’s apparent lack of knowledge about the First Amendment and its prohibition against Congress making laws respecting the establishment of religion.

“You’re telling me that’s [meaning the separation of church and state] in the first amendment?” O’Donnell said as Coons read it straight from the document.

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