During a speech at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colorado on Sunday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) told the audience that she is “tired” of the longstanding separation between church and state in the U.S., and that “the church is supposed to direct the government.”
“I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk — that’s not in the constitution. It was in a stinking letter and it means nothing like they say it does,” Boebert said, earning a round of applause from the crowd.
She then appeared to suggest that churches should rebel against the government, arguing that “the government is not supposed to direct the church,” and falsely claiming that dividing religion from the system of government was not what the Founding Fathers intended.
“The reason we had so many overreaching regulations is that the church complied,” she said. “The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. That is not how our founding fathers intended it.”
In fact, the concept of a separation between church and state is derived from the establishment clause in the Bill of Rights, which says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
Boebert’s speech came ahead of her primary election on Tuesday. She faces a GOP primary challenge from state Sen. Don Coram in Colorado’s 3rd District but has far outraised her opponent in the campaign and is expected to win the contest.
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“I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk.”
Lauren Boebert went full theocracy, and proclaimed, “The church is supposed to direct the government” per the founding fathers. pic.twitter.com/XW5nXZZ6r8
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 27, 2022
