The anti-masturbation witch says the Constitution says nothing about the separation between church and state

Except of course, it does.

Republican Christine O'Donnell challenged her Democratic rival Tuesday to show where the Constitution requires separation of church and state, drawing swift criticism from her opponent, laughter from her law school audience and a quick defense from prominent conservatives.

The First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

The phrase "separation of church and state" is usually traced to President Thomas Jefferson. In a letter in 1802, he referred to the First Amendment and said that it built "a wall of separation between Church & State."

Now imagine a whole Congress for of people like her.

'That's in the First Amendment?'

Christine O'Donnell's church and state question causes a stir and stimulates questions about the law's power. Facts 

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