[MissMillie]

"Jefferson's outlook on religion and government is more fully revealed in another 1802 letter in which he wrote that he did not want his administration to be a "government without religion," but one that would "strengthen … religious freedom."

What could possibly strengthen religious freedom more than keeping the government from getting involved in it?

If this were guns, or taxes, I imagine the arguments here would be to keep the government out....

[LarryLied]

If this were guns, or taxes, I imagine the arguments here would be to keep the government out....

The arguement is consistent. Government should keep out of religion. There should be (and wasn't until recently) nothing preventing religion from becoming involved with government.

Current law on the first amendment is the opposite of what the founders intended.