Isn’t that going against the Constitution?

I know the Separation of Powers, though not specifically stated in the Constitution, is a major subject within it. I know that no person may hold more than one office at a time and all three branches are powerful yet equal and do their own part in helping our government run, but how can you picture how different our everyday lives and our government would be if there were no separation of powers?

Do thier residents now get a tax holiday? Will these states now vote Republican? How can the Dems divorce voters or is it just a trial separation? Isn’t this voting thing, a right, guarenteed in the Constitution?

The phrase, "a wall of separation between church and state," was coined by President Thomas Jefferson in a carefully crafted letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802, when they had asked him to explain the First Amendment. The Supreme Court, and lower courts, have used Jefferson’s phrase repeatedly in major decisions upholding neutrality in matters of religion. The exact words "separation of church and state" do not appear in the Constitution; neither do "separation of powers," "interstate commerce," "right to privacy," and other phrases describing well-established constitutional principles.

what was the purpose for the Separation of Powers within the Constitution?

I wish to become president someday and i was wondering if i were to legalize gay marriage would it help me serve 2 terms when its time for the presidential election again. Also, what effect would it have on the economy?
Your right about hateful peole and christian churches but the president’s duty is to defend this country and enforce the constitution. The president is involved in politics and not religion. Im a christian/baptist believer but i believe that everyone should have equal rights and i believe that religion should play no part in making decisions for this country (at lest not during MY presidency :] )

Respectfully, US Law does *not* dictate a separation of church and State. That phrase appears nowhere in the Constitution, nor Bill of Rights, nor in any subsequent amendment.

It is only to be found in a private letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist minister, and was intended to reassure that the State would not interfere in matters of the Church. Not the other way around!

Get your facts straight! Try actually reading the Constitution and Bill of Rights!

I’m doing a paper and can not find this answer ANYWHERE.
Since separation of church and state is just a concept, and not in the Constitution, why can it be used in court to make decisions as if it is?
The first amendment only expresses the freedom of religion. It doesn’t say that the state cant be influenced by religion.
Thanks Jack of Trades!

in both cases the literal wording of the constitution on these two issues is not exactly in line with how judges have ruled. For example, gun rights today extend past militias. And the separation of church and state (which is not even worded in the constitution that way) is used to keep the 10 commndments and nativity scenes off public property.

My question is how is it that republicans consider the issue on church and state a half truth propagated b activist judges. But judges who have ruled in favor of gun rights outside of militias are not activists and are doing as was intended.

I am not from the USA but don’t you have an amendment that states church/state separation?

Why does all your money have that motto printed on it and why does the president have to swear to god (or whatever reference is made to god) when he/she gets inaugurated?

Isn’t that a violation of your constitution or am I just not informed?