Summary
It makes me sick that our governor, while signing the gay marriage bill, misquoted the Constitution regarding the separation of church and state. The First Amendment was written to keep the government out of the church, not to keep the church out of the government. The implied "wall of separation" was meant to forbid the government from passing laws that relate to the church or that hinder the free influence of the church over our society, including the government. It was meant to protect the church from government intrusion and control, not to protect the government from the positive moral influence of the church.
The term "wall of separation" was taken, out of grammatical context, from a letter by President Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury (Connecticut) Baptist Association on January 1, 1802. It was his first act as President and was in response to a letter from the Baptist Association in which the group expressed concern that the government might, in some way, restrict the free expressions of faith.See the full content of this document
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On Church and State
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