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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:49 AM
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64. Throw the Treaty of Tripoli from 1797 at him
Written by either George Washington, John Adams, or Joel Barlow(nobody really knows) the Treaty of Tripoli was passed unanimously through Congress and signed into law by John Adams. Article 11 contains the relavent phrase: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;"

Thus seperation of church and state was codified into law.
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