Separation of church and state in the United States
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"Separation of church and state" is paraphrased from Thomas Jefferson and used by others in expressing an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
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See also
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Humanist Association
- Anti-clericalism
- Ban on Sharia law
- Ceremonial deism
- Christian amendment
- Christian Left
- Christian Right
- Freedom From Religion Foundation
- Freedom of religion in the United States
- Interfaith Alliance
- Johnson Amendment
- Mount Soledad cross controversy
- Pledge of Allegiance (United States)
- Public menorah
- Separation of church and state
- Sharia
- State religion
- United States religious history
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