(Old GodsSoldier) wrote:
:|"Lest anyone argue in 1802 that his "wall" language implied hostility
:|toward religion, two days after composing the Danbury letter Jefferson
:|attended Sunday church services at the Capitol building for the first
:|time as President.
:|
:|He knew his presence there would be widely noticed and reported in the
:|press. For the remaining seven years he served in office, he regularly
:|attended services supplied by a variety of clergy of various
:|denominations in a government building.
:|
:|The symbolism was irrefutable.
:|
:|As President, Jefferson wanted to foster religious freedom, particularly
:|in places like New England, which still had state establishments of
:|religion; but he never desired a "government without religion." That
:|charge, he confided to a friend, was a "lie" spread by his political
:|foes."
:|
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:|"Lest anyone argue in 1802 that his "wall" language implied hostility
:|toward religion, two days after composing the Danbury letter Jefferson
:|attended Sunday church services at the Capitol building for the first
:|time as President.
Jefferson didn't create church state separation:
The principle of church state separation was embodied in the unamended
constitution long before Jefferson wrote a word to the Danbury Baptist
Assoc.
Study Guide: Separation of Church and State - Indepth
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/studygd0.htm
The Establishment Clause was defined in Everson v. Bd of Ed.
the following is what the court relied on to define it
FOOTNOTES TO EVERSON v. BD OF ED.
http://snurl.com/2pro
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