Where does the phrase “a wall of separation between Church and State” come from?
The Constitution?
The Declaration of Independence?
Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists?
The First Amendment?
The Articles of Confederation?
Did you guess correctly?
The phrase “a wall of separation between Church and State” comes from
the pen of President Thomas Jefferson when he wrote to a group of
Baptists in Danbury, Connecticut. They were concerned about the
possible establishment of a church that they would be required to
attend.
Jefferson wrote to ensure them that their free practice of religious
liberty would never be interfered with by the government, for that would
go against the will of the people and the Constitution. Jefferson
closed his letter by thanking them for their prayers on his behalf. Keep Reading...
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