The Law vs. Separation of Church and State
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Shermer and Tabash discuss: the history of the relationship between church and state \\u2022 the founding framers of the U.S. Constitution and their arguments for separating church and state \\u2022 Madison and Jefferson \\u2022\\xa0how most of the 13 colonies had government-sanctioned religions and religious tests for office \\u2022 the Constitutional Convention and the First Amendment \\u2022 the push by some Republicans to hold a new Constitutional Convention and redesign the entire U.S. Constitution \\u2022 the religious beliefs and attitudes of the current SCOTUS.
Eddie Tabash is a constitutional lawyer in Los Angeles. He graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 1973. He graduated from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1976. He is known for his expertise in demonstrating how the religion clauses of the First Amendment require the separation of church and state, which includes equality before the law for nonbelievers. He is an atheist who endeavors to secure a society in which no branch of government can treat people differently because of either accepting or rejecting any tenet of religious belief.
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