Hvad er definitionen på adskillelsen af kirke og stat?
Separation of church and state in the United States
Den amerikanske adskillelse af kirke og stat hviler på respekt for kirken; den [europæiske antiklerikale] adskillelse hviler på ligegyldighed og had til kirken og til selve religionen.... Forfatningen skabte ikke en nation, ej heller dens religion og institutioner. Den fandt dem allerede eksisterende og blev udarbejdet med det formål at beskytte dem under en republikansk regeringsform, i et styre af folket, af folket og for folket.
Separation of church and state in the United States
The American separation of church and state rests upon respect for the church; the [European anticlerical] separation, on indifference and hatred of the church, and of religion itself.... The constitution did not create a nation, nor its religion and institutions. It found them already existing, and was framed for the purpose of protecting them under a republican form of government, in a rule of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Separation of church and state in the United States