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Originally Posted by djplong
Read the Federalist Papers. Jefferson, himself, addressed this in a letter to a Danbury Baptist congregation and said that the "Establishment" clause, combined with the "free exercise" clause meant that a wall was put up between Church and State. In 1802, President Jefferson wrote:
I'll also quote James Madison ("Father of the Constitution) from 1819:
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I think you're misunderstanding this DJ. JimJoe was referring to the Constitution of the United States and it's lawful Amendments.
He was not referring to other writings of Jefferson that anti-constitutionalists list as if they were part of the Constitution that was ratified by the Congress of the United States.
I hope that clears this up. (I'm so sure that's going to happen)