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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Win Smith who wrote (8849)3/16/2001 6:09:17 PM
From: E  Respond to of 82486
 
Their radical solution to the religion problem was to recognize that every
individual retains a sovereign right to accept or reject the claims of religion, entirely
free of the coercive authority of the state or community.

Today, efforts are repeatedly made to suggest that Madison and Jefferson were not
quite the ardent advocates of separating church and state that their strongest
statements on the subject suggest. In fact, the more Madison thought about the
subject, the more militant his thinking grew.
nytimes.com

Way to go, James and Thomas.