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ERROR: "'Separation of Church and State' Is Constitutional Text"

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The claim that the phrase "separation of church and state" appears in the Constitution is false: the words come from a Jefferson letter.

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The constitutional text is the two religion clauses of the First Amendment.

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The metaphor summarizes one reading of the clauses; the clauses, not the metaphor, are law.