after hearing the incredible recitation of it this morning by NPR. And
Madison wrote the First Amendment and had close private correspondence
with Jefferson about it, IIRC.
-Kevin
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:08:04 -0400, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Jefferson didn't write the Bill of Rights or the Constitution, he was in
> France at the time serving as the Ambassador. He did at numerous times voice
> his support for the bill of rights, not because he thought it was needed to
> complete the Constitution, he believed that the fact the powers were
> specifically delegated he thought it wouldn't be an issue.
>
> However he did feel that it was required to gain the support of the common
> man.
>
> _____
>
> From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:25 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Speaking of church and state
>
>
> Quoting the quote from Kevin the doctrine was adopted from Jefferson's
> letter of
> 1802
>
> In Danbury, CT there was a Congregationalist church that was using the
> State government to levy taxes on all people in the town to pay for
> the church. The Baptist minority in the town weren't too pleased about
> it and they appealed to Jefferson. In his historic 1802 letter to the
> Baptist Association of Danbury Jefferson stated:
>
> "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American
> people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law
> regarding an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
> exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church
> and State."
>
> So while the phrase "separation of Church and State" is not explicitly
> in the Constitution. The same author, in explaining the intent of the
> First Amendment, coined that phrase. It's not part of the document,
> but it's canon.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Monique Boea
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 1:05 PM
> Subject: RE: Speaking of church and state
>
> where is this "doctrine of separation of church and state"?
>
> _____
>
>
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