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To: BuddhaBrown
Certainly you don’t imagine that old Tom believed the American federal Bill of Rights applied to all levels of government here or to any level of government in other countries.

It's really hard for me to parse the text of your question. I suggest you find out what Mr. Jefferson considered the "foundation of the Constitution."

ML/NJ

8 posted on 01/10/2009 1:25:02 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

“It’s really hard for me to parse the text of your question.”

I’ll try again:

It would be correct to say that Jefferson would have personally liked to see no government involvement in denominational religion and vice versa. The quotes I’ve already provided, and more if needed, show that he had absolutely NO desire for the federal government to demand that states not mix government and religion:

“...Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise or to assume authority in religious discipline has been delegated to the General [federal] Government. It must then rest with the states, as far as it can be in any human authority.”

As I mentioned in the original post, that last phrase demonstrates his distrust of such authority, but he clearly feared the tyranny of a federal government dictating to states religion or nonreligion.


10 posted on 01/10/2009 1:42:28 PM PST by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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