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Originally posted by Mathias_Ice:
What the framers of the U.S. Constitution were worried about was limiting the size of the Federal government. Of course this fact has been all but ignored by both major political parties in the United States.

I always thought the constitution was a compromise between the Federalists (as much founding fathers as anyone else) and the Anti-Federalists (whom you seem to be claiming represent all the framers.

But then again when you have Supreme Court judges who believe the U.S. Constitution should be discarded, insist on imposing a "seperation of church and state" (definitalty NOT in th U.S. Constitution,)

U.S. Constitution, Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

Yes the phrase "seperation of church and state" is not in the U.S. Constitution. However it is impossible for a state to become religious and at the same time avoid creating a law which respects an establishment of religion. Thus, unless someone can create a religious state which has no religious laws, the constitution effectively forbids the combining of church and state.