Re: seperation of church & state?

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On 7/22/04, Not so literal please? wrote:
> Really?
>
> So when the 1st Amendment says "Congress shall make no law..."
> you think it would be okay if your state legislature passed
> laws shutting down the newspapers in the state. After all, they
> are not Congress.

Am not sure which one it is, but I think one of the amendments to
the Constitution expressly extends the Bill of Rights to cover
state legislatures. If I am not mistaken, it is the 14th Amendment
that does this; will have to check my copy of the Constitution when
I get home.