It's the First Amendment.

Today in history class, I witnessed something horrible. A young man who sits a few seats behind me interjected--rather confidently--in the professors lecture. This isn't irregular. This particular individual loves to prove he knows everything about all things. However, oftentimes his "facts" are misguided, or wrong.

This was one such occasion. Today, I witness a college student claim that separation of church and state is not, in fact, in the Constitution. Nope. According to this kid, it's just an informal guideline written in a letter a long time ago.

I present to you, the First Amendment:  "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...."

Simply put, government cannot enforce a religion. It cannot be taught in public schools as fact, and people are allowed to practice whatever religion they desire, free from government intervention. It is a principle this nation was founded on, seeing as how many of the first pilgrims came here seeking freedom to practice their own religions. 

Look, this is so important that it's actually in the very FIRST amendment.

Listening to this guy so confidently tell everyone the Constitution doesn't actually guarantee freedom of religion/separation of church and state made me want to keel over in laughter. Only I held back. That is, until he insinuated that his religion was actually superior to others because the cardinals in the Vatican kiss the rings of Greek Orthodox officials.

Hm. Okay, maybe that's just a gesture of respect. Why on earth would you suggest that your religion is superior in a classroom full of students from varying backgrounds? 

This was not his first comment of this nature, but it was my breaking point. I doubled over (regrettably a little less subtly than I normally would laugh) and quietly laughed a lot.

I've pretty much had it with this guy, who has somehow assured himself that he is 100% correct about everything. There is a healthy amount of pride, but then you get someone like this guys. Hubris is a pretty fitting word on my account.

I wouldn't like to call this person stupid, but...the description is temptingly close.