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To: Tailgunner Joe
Nah... he studied "separation of church and state" under the Rev. Barry Lynn.
301 posted on 05/03/2005 10:08:33 PM PDT by streetpreacher (God DOES exist; He's just not into you!)
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To: streetpreacher; sinkspur
Historians mistakenly ignore the importance of Madison's early education. Rather than going closer to home, he chose the College of New Jersey (later Princeton), an evangelical seminary known as both a citadel for republicanism and a haven for dissenting Presbyterianism. The influence of college president Rev. John Witherspoon--under whom Madison studied directly--is difficult to overstate. One of the assigned topics in Madison's senior year was to defend the proposition that "every religious profession, which does not by its principles disturb the public peace, ought to be tolerated by a wise state." - LINK
312 posted on 05/03/2005 10:18:38 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe (Terribot Kook Extraordinaire)
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