Of separation between church and state

[bindelh]

For what it's worth, Jefferson clarified his take on the relationship between church and state in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association dated January 1, 1802. Here's what he said:

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man & his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state."

Repeat: "thus building a wall of separation between church and state"

The letter is on file in the Library of Congress.

[Gman]

1. Anyone with more than a 7th grade understanding of the constitution knows this

but then we're talking a moderate level of intelligence here. Starting to get over teabagger heads here.