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April 29, 2014
The claim that “freedom from religion” was ensured in the Bill of Rights.
They would wave around Jefferson’s off-hand comments to the Danbury Baptists as proof.The fact that Jefferson did not have a hand in writing the Constitution because his peers largely thought he was a bit of a weirdo by that point was never mentioned. As we always see with paganism, appeals to authority are never rational.- - The War On Christians
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 29, 2014 4:41 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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When the atheists get too militant, please do remind them that Thomas Jefferson (among other Presidents, Representatives and Senators) attended church services in the Capitol building (starting in 1800). This practice continued until the War Between the States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol
Posted by: RKV at April 29, 2014 6:57 PM