Colorado Republican Senate nominee Ken Buck told a crowd at a forum in November 2009 that he strongly disagrees with the concept of separation of church and state, and that he was concerned that “we seem to be walking away from culture.” Then he repeated a debunked rumor about the Obama White House’s relationship with Christmas trees.In a video obtained by Think Progress, Buck says that while he believes the Constitution prevents a government-sanctioned religion “it doesn’t mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion.” The full quote:
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