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|separation of church and state

|separation of church and state

|1802

|1802

|More than ten years ''after'' the adoption of the [[First Amendment]], the least Christian of the early presidents ([[Thomas Jefferson]]) used the phrase for the first time in an appeasing letter to Baptists.  The Supreme Court did not endorse this phrase until the liberal Justice [[Hugo Black]] used the term in 1947 (''[[Everson v. Board of Education]]'').  (The Court also quoted from the Jefferson without endorsing the phrase in the 1879 polygamy case of ''[[Reynolds v. United States]]'').

|More than ten years ''after'' the adoption of the [[First Amendment]], the least Christian of the early presidents ([[Thomas Jefferson]]) used the phrase for the first time in an appeasing letter to Baptists. (It's also important to note that he used the term to assure them that their religious rights took precedence over the government--not the other way around.) The Supreme Court did not endorse this phrase until the liberal Justice [[Hugo Black]] used the term in 1947 (''[[Everson v. Board of Education]]'').  (The Court also quoted from the Jefferson without endorsing the phrase in the 1879 polygamy case of ''[[Reynolds v. United States]]'').

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|worldwide