Just look at our world history of the church and states taking on power over a people at different times and it will become perfectly clear why we have a seperation of church and state. The church with its persecutions of non-believers and attacks on each other for who has the one true God. The state for having a small ruling class while the majority was reduced to serfs living off the land to serve their masters. Then the conflicts between church and state when fighting over who owns the hearts and minds to control the people and the land between the church and ruling class.
thomas jefferson
The Bill of Rights guaranteed freedom of religion mainly. It put a "wall of separation between church and state" which is what Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (etc.) wanted.
Thomas Jefferson is often considered to be the least religious U.S. president. He believed in the separation of church and state and was critical of organized religion.
False. Jefferson wrote extensively about the separation of church and state. He was an ardent supporter of a secular democracy.
Prayer in public schools is unconstitutional because of separation of Church and state.
Thomas Jefferson
Why did you support the separation of the church and the state?
He argued for a wall of separation between church and state in light of the Establishment Clause.
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A Letter Written by Thomas Jefferson
He had no opinion on the Space Program.
Thomas Jefferson first recommended that there be a seperation of church and state.
The Bill of Rights guaranteed freedom of religion mainly. It put a "wall of separation between church and state" which is what Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (etc.) wanted.
There is no document. The phrase was coined by Thomas Jefferson during his presidency.
A wall set up by Thomas Jefferson's belief in separation of church and state.
Thomas Jefferson was a member of the Episcopalian church.
a wall of seperation between church and state