"Separation of Church and State  may be one of the most misunderstood phrases in our culture. Throughout a Houston, Texas current event story by the Mayor Anisse Parker and by church sermons from pastors in her city what was described were constitutional implications also described is the misunderstanding of the word "separation , its origin, and how it will ever be resolved in our nation. Separation of church and state has to do with the first amendment. When the first amendment was written it said "Congress shall make no law respecting and establishment or religion or prohibiting the free exercise therof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances  this amendment was written because America didn't want a mandatory religious system like England, Americans did not want to feel like they were forced to go towards the beliefs of one religion. This meaning, American people didn't want freedom from religion they simply wanted freedom of religion. Americans believed that God could do much more than men, therefore they used the Bible to help establish a fair government government for all under God's word. This amendment was created for the purpose of the Federal and State governments to not favor one religion over another. The word "separation  is misunderstood in our culture because of the way it is worded in the phrase by Thomas Jefferson. Supreme court spends plenty of time discussing the debate about the separation of church and state. Americans idea of the first Amendment has been valued by things that are not once stated in our constitution giving the phrase an insignificant meaning. The origin of "separation of church and state" comes from a letter that Thomas Jefferson wrote to a Baptist church this letter was supposed to ensure for the peoples sake that the government had no say in churches and churches had no say in government. Recently in Houston there has been problems having to do with americans freedom of religion. The Houston, Texas mayor Annise Parker is debating and very convinced that she will have her pastors turn over what they call a sermon, a sermon is their talks, and/or talks after passing a "non-discrimination  law. This law informed people that they could have the choice to be a woman or for example if a woman would have preferred to be a man or a man preferring to be born a woman. People wish to do things as they choose not as they are forced to do. For example they prefer to not be singled out for things such as, biological males using the ladies restroom and biological woman using the mens restroom. Initially the mayor of Houston has decided to do something called subpoena pastors for their sermons that had to deal with homosexuality, gender identity and the city's Equal Rights ordinance. This news spread religious controversy around multiple countries. Their main concern was gay rights