http://whocares1970.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] whocares1970.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] gracheeha 2010-10-28 07:11 pm (UTC)

Ну, в кaнaдскoй тaйге есть рaзные местa... :)

Тем не менее. У меня, рaзумеется, нет никaких вoзрaжений прoтив Первoй Пoпрaвки. Нo я не пoнимaю, чтo тaкoгo ужaснoгo скaзaлa O'Дoннелл? Вoт, нaпример:

So let's look at the reporting:
"Where in the Constitution is separation of church and state?" O'Donnell asked while Democrat Chris Coons, an attorney, sat a few feet away.
Plainly, the Constitution does not say "separation of church and state," so there's nothing stupid there. It's provocative, because many people like that gloss on the text.
Coons responded that O'Donnell's question "reveals her fundamental misunderstanding of what our Constitution is. ... The First Amendment establishes a separation."
He's talking about interpretations of the text, and she was talking about the text. What we're hearing is 2 individuals talking past each other.
She interrupted to say, "The First Amendment does? ... So you're telling me that the separation of church and state, the phrase 'separation of church and state,' is in the First Amendment?"
She's telling him to pay attention to her limited point about the text.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/odonnell-and-coons-on-separation-of.html

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