Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State Julie Newman Kingery readers will gain a new

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Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State Julie Newman Kingery readers will gain a newNo phrase in American letters has had a more profound influence on church state law, policy, and discourse than Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation between church and state," and few metaphors have provoked more passionate debate. Introduced in an 1802 letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Association, Jefferson's "wall" is accepted by many Americans as a concise description of the U. S. Constitution's church state arrangement and conceived as