Separation of Church and State.

Here is the 1^st amendment verbatim:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Here is what the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1986-2005) said:

“the wall of separation between church and state is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.” -William Rehnquist Chief Justice Supreme Court 1986-2005.

 

I just want to set the record straight.  I have met too many people who think those words appear in our constitution.  They appeared in a letter to the Danbury Baptists which Jefferson assured them the state would not interfere with the church.