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   From: none@none.com   
      
   On 10/20/2010 12:52 PM, Abel wrote:   
   > Separation of church and state refers to the limits our Constitution   
   > places on the power of the government (both federal and state) to   
   > legislate about religion....   
      
   "*Congress* shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,   
   or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" (emphasis added)   
      
   Congress refers to the federal body organized and authorized in Article   
   I of the Constitution.   
      
   Can you point out where the term "Congress" mutates to "government"?   
      
   Can you point out where the this specific limit in Amendment I is   
   extended to the states?   
      
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