separation of church and state

the best thing ever! (next wining money or having sex you get the idea)

dont fuck with the separation of church and state

by pseudonym May 13, 2005

separation of church and state

For all of you conservatives who still use that lame argument that the exact phrase "separation of church and state" must be present in the Constitution in order for the principle in and of itself to exist, I guess at the same token we don't have the "right to a fair trial." Neither do we have the "right to free speech." Oh, and forget about the "right to warranted search and seizures." That said, it simpy DOESN’T MATTER if the EXACT phrase “separation of church and state” appears in the Constitution or not. Separation of church and state is IMPLIED -- and one doesn’t even have to look in the First Amendment for it (I’m not even addressing precedent either here, i.e. Lemon vs. Kurtzman).
Please refer to Article VI, Section III of the unamended Constitution: “but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” Joseph Story comments:

“The remaining part of the clause declares, that 'no religious test shall ever be required, as a qualification to any office or public trust, under the United States.' This clause is not introduced merely for the purpose of satisfying the scruples of many respectable persons, who feel an invincible repugnance to any test or affirmation. It had a higher object: to cut off forever every pretence of any alliance between church and state in the national government. The framers of the constitution were fully sensible of the dangers from this source, marked out in history of other ages and countries; and not wholly unknown to our own. They knew, that bigotry was unceasingly vigilant in its own stratagems, to secure to itself an exclusive ascendancy over the human mind; and that intolerance was ever ready to arm itself with all the terrors of civil power to exterminate those, who doubted its dogmas, or resisted its infallibility.”

From: COMMENTARIES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, Vol III, (1833)
pg 705)

by zyx September 16, 2005

separatism

An act that separates groups of people for the better of the whole.

The nation engaged separatism as an answer to the increasing racism. Racist blacks lived in their own state, racists whites in theirs, racist orientals in in theirs, and so on. Finally, the politically correct bastards in government realized that EVERYONE is racist to different degrees, and is fucking tired of all of this stupid "cracker" this and "nigger" that - shit. After the separatism act was ordered, everyone was happy, living around the people they preferred, and people stopped hating one another because the interracial relations were no longer FORCED...

by Brigitseyes June 9, 2007

six degrees of separation

The phenomenon that everyone is connected to everyone in some way.

by MoonKnight March 25, 2003

anime separation disorder

A period of time in which a diagnosed weaboo returns to their native state of mind due to lack of anime exposure.

"Nathan hasn't been himself lately, without Naruto I think he might be suffering from anime separation disorder."

by Jarbonator December 23, 2016

Time Lord Separation Anxiety

n. The anxiety or depression that happens when a favorite Doctor on the popular BBC Show: Doctor Who, regenerates into a different actor. This syndrome can lead to a temporary hatred of the Doctor that replaces the old one in said regeneration. Although the the effects can pass quickly, or be prolonged, the victim of TLSA will eventually come around.

"Why did Vanessa seem so sad and was cursing David Tennant's name?
"Oh, she's going through Time Lord Separation Anxiety."

by HCAnimeLover May 29, 2013

Mixed Race Seperatism

The belief that people of mixed race ancestry/heritage should become their own independent race instead of assimilating with full blooded races

I want my own race because I believe in mixed race seperatism

by Captain Mulatto April 24, 2022