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To: Brumar89 who wrote (594752)	12/2/2010 5:55:02 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583487

As president, Jefferson issued no Thanksgiving proclamations... "During the eight years that Thomas Jefferson was President, he refused to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation. [1] In a letter to the Rev. Mr. Miller, he gave his reasons for refusing: "I consider the Government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution of the United States from meddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.... But it is only proposed that I should recommend, not prescribe, a day of fasting and praying. That is, I should indirectly assume to the United States an authority over religious exercises, which the Constitution has directly precluded them from.... Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the President of the United States, and no authority to direct the religious exercises of his constituents." positiveatheism.org