Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20150419:07:39:00
The first amendment was not to enact some kind of absolute separation of church and state, but rather it was to establish a chaplaincy in the u.s. congress and start every session with prayer acknowledging god. john: it's not in the constitution. where did the separation idea come from. >> the phrase doesn't have to be in the constitution, it is civil law. when we're talking about the separation of church and state -- john: what do you mean civil law? >> it's civil law. the united states supreme court interprets the constitution. they came out with the separation of church and state and it is ...