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The "Wall of Separation" between church and state is fiction and does not appear anywhere in the [[U.S. Constitution]].  But the phrase is used by opponents of Christianity to prohibit prayer in public school and any recognition of religion in government.

The "Wall of Separation" between church and state does not appear anywhere in the [[U.S. Constitution]].  However, many feel that the Establishment Clause provides for such a separation.

The phrase originally came from Roger Williams and was later quoted by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the colony founded by Roger Williams, Rhode Island.  However, Rhode Island did not even send a representative to the [[Constitutional Conventio]]n and refused for economic reasons for years even to ratify the [[U.S. Constitution]].

The phrase originally came from Roger Williams and was later quoted by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the colony founded by Roger Williams, Rhode Island.  However, Rhode Island did not even send a representative to the [[Constitutional Conventio]]n and refused for economic reasons for years even to ratify the [[U.S. Constitution]].