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Re: Priests Risk Arrest for Offering Sacraments to Catholic Troops During Shutdown
I suggest you read it again. The phrase does not occur, though it is in the First Amendment, and is an idea that Jefferson , James Madison and John Adams believed in.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/separation-of-church-and-state
Maybe not George Washington, but I've given you 3 founders. Which is more than the zero that you assert.
"Separation of Church and State" doesn't exist in the Constitution
I suggest you read it again. The phrase does not occur, though it is in the First Amendment, and is an idea that Jefferson , James Madison and John Adams believed in.
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.”
― James Madison
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”
― John Adams
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/separation-of-church-and-state
Maybe not George Washington, but I've given you 3 founders. Which is more than the zero that you assert.