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<blockquote data-quote="Fred&amp;#039;s Myth" data-source="post: 5620638" data-attributes="member: 55587">None of the Founders believed in the complete and total separation of religion and government. The phrase many Americans use to describe religious freedom, “separation of church and state” is not found in either the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. It comes from an 1802 letter by President Thomas Jefferson. As president, he allowed buildings used by the War and Treasury departments to be used for religious services (the Capitol and Supreme Court chambers were used as well), yet he described the First Amendment as building “a wall of separation between church and state.”&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://billofrightsinstitute.org/activities/handout-a-the-establishment-clause-how-separate-are-church-and-state-background-essay" target="_blank">Handout A: The Establishment Clause: How Separate Are Church and State? (Background Essay) - Bill of Rights Institute</a>[USER=44954]@DriveInDriveOut[/USER] called it, you are consistently wrong. Typical lib, facts are irrelevant to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fred's Myth, post: 5620638, member: 55587"] None of the Founders believed in the complete and total separation of religion and government. The phrase many Americans use to describe religious freedom,[B] “separation of church and state” is not found in either the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.[/B] It comes from an 1802 letter by President Thomas Jefferson. As president, he allowed buildings used by the War and Treasury departments to be used for religious services (the Capitol and Supreme Court chambers were used as well), yet he described the First Amendment as building “a wall of separation between church and state.” [URL="https://billofrightsinstitute.org/activities/handout-a-the-establishment-clause-how-separate-are-church-and-state-background-essay"]Handout A: The Establishment Clause: How Separate Are Church and State? (Background Essay) - Bill of Rights Institute[/URL] [USER=44954]@DriveInDriveOut[/USER] called it, you are consistently wrong. Typical lib, facts are irrelevant to you. [/QUOTE]

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