[torqemada]

And, let's not forget Thomas Jefferson, the President that the ACLU & other athiests point to as being the first to recognize & approve of a "wall of separation" between Church & State. It was Jefferson who instituted Christian worship on Sunday in the Congressional building. And it was Jefferson who, as President, was the de-facto head of public education and decreed that EVERY public school MUST teach the Holy Bible as a part of their curriculum. If the average American would spend some time reading & learning the history of their nation, they wouldn't be so easily duped by these anti-God Marxists.

[PatrickHenry]

And it was Jefferson who, as President, was the de-facto head of public education and decreed that EVERY public school MUST teach the Holy Bible as a part of their curriculum. I

I'm dubious of this. Do you have a link to a reliable reference?

My understanding is that there weren't any public schools in those days. Even if there were, it wouldn't have been like Jefferson to make a federal ruling about what should be done in state schools. I'm pretty sure that public schools didn't get started until the 1840s.

[wideminded]

And it was Jefferson who, as President, was the de-facto head of public education and decreed that EVERY public school MUST teach the Holy Bible as a part of their curriculum.

"the first mention of the use of the Bible and a Christian hymnal in the Washington public schools is in connection with a curriculum adopted in 1812, three years after Jefferson has left Washington and the school board for retirement in Virginia." - source

"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, in Barton's source that connects Jefferson to the practice of Bible reading." - ibid

David Barton, author of The Myth of Separation, has admitted that many of the "quotes" he used to bolster his claims are either definitely false or questionable.