From: Mike Adams (mikadams@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri Dec 08 1995 - 11:28:37 EST
You wrote:
>
>Your example may be more apropos than you thought, since the Constitution
>(actually the first Amendment in the Bill of Rights) merely says that
>"Congress shall enact no law regarding the establishment of religion nor
>prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (or close to that wording: source
is my
>husband, whose interest in the Constitution is akin to my interest in
Biblical
>Greek). Jefferson wrote the famous words "wall of separation of church
and
>state" in a letter. It is a sign of the poor general education of our
times
>that most Congressmen don't even know what the Constitution says, since
they
>quote the "wall of separation" all the time.
>
>Peace.
>
>Karen Pitts
EXACTLY! The letter, in fact, was written to allay the fears of a citizen
concerned that the government would interfere too much with our religious
freedom.
Go figure!
ea
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