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Americans are used to hearing about the tradition of separating church and state, but the two are increasingly fused in President Donald Trump’s administration.
The First Amendment, after all, in addition to guaranteeing free speech, says that Congress shall “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
US leaders talk about Jesus Christ at Kirk’s funeral
Never in recent memory have Americans seen more top government officials speak so openly about Jesus Christ as they did at Charlie Kirk’s memorial, which Trump described as “an old-time revival” rather than a funeral.
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