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To: higgmeister

Can you rephrase that so I can understand it?
Sorry - here’s a try:

I see the wall of separation as to keep the Govt out of the business of a ‘state religion’.

But that wall does not keep ‘church people’ from participating in Govt., even to the extent of quoting God, and promoting Biblical based morality.

Some excerpts from on line searching separation of chruch and state and Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists:

... nowhere in the Constitution do the words separation of church and state appear. The idea of church/state separation came from a letter penned by Thomas Jefferson. Again, contrary to the propaganda from the revisionists, Jefferson’s cause was to protect religious liberties from an intrusive government! In no way did Jefferson or any of the other framers of the U.S. Constitution seek to restrict Americans’ religious activities.

Americans live in a constitutional republic rather than a theocracy—.... State-sanctioned churches have historically become puppets of the government.

Another ... misconception is that men and women of faith have no business being involved in politics. But it is hardly a secret that George Washington was an active member of ... his local Episcopal Church. In the early days of the republic, a church met within the Capitol Building —a church attended, of all people, by Thomas Jefferson....Jefferson began attending church services in the House of Representatives. . . . Throughout his administration Jefferson permitted church services in executive branch buildings. The Gospel was also preached in the Supreme Court chambers”


30 posted on 07/10/2024 2:32:45 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: Scrambler Bob
Thanks.   Got it.
36 posted on 07/10/2024 6:57:45 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Scrambler Bob

“Jefferson’s cause was to protect religious liberties from an intrusive government! “

And to protect government from the intrusive powers of an established religion.


38 posted on 07/11/2024 1:33:21 PM PDT by TexasGator
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