Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!mb2c!mpr From: mpr@mb2c.UUCP (Mark Reina) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.politics,net.legal Subject: Re: religion and public life: texas Message-ID: <264@mb2c.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 07:49:35 EDT Article-I.D.: mb2c.264 Posted: Thu Aug 2 07:49:35 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Aug-84 23:57:04 EDT References: <927@ulysses.UUCP> oliven.367, <263@mb2c.UUCP> cadre.48 Lines: 6 The Constitution does not allow congress to make a law to establish a religious enterprise/endeavor. When originally drafted and made law this prohibition only applied to the federal congress. With the passing of the 14th Amendment, this guarantee or protection is passed on to the citizens of the U.S. and is applied against the states. Mark Reina