Tag: constitution

  • A Hole in the Wall?: Separation of Church and State in the U.S. Constitution

    In his letter to the Danbury Baptists intended to allay their fears of the Connecticut Congregationalists, President Thomas Jefferson said of the Constitution’s First Amendment that there is “a wall of separation between Church & State” in the United States. Since Jefferson’s statement over 200 years ago, the United States – through state and federal…