who edited out divine references in his Jefferson Bible.
His promise not to meddle in religion has been converted
by modernists into a reaction against the faith.
Separation of church and state has been turned upside down. The original states mandated church membership for voting. Some of you slept through the Half-way Covenant discussion in American history.
The states were very suspicious of President Jefferson, who was Unitarian in doctrine. His pledge of church/state separation meant that the federal government would not interfere with the states' religious requirements. That was his promise.
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