Thomas Jefferson on Religion

The Washington Post | July 24, 1989 | Copyright

Michael Novak's memory slipped its gears when he asserted that he doesn't remember reading in the founding texts of our republic that this is a "secular" nation {op-ed, July 10}. Obviously, he either forgot about or never read the notes on the Constitutional Convention, in which Ben Franklin, the eldest of the statesmen, proposed opening the sessions with a prayer, but was emphatically rejected by the delegates.

Mr. Novak also must not have read Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, on the subject of freedom of religion. When in office as the third president, in ...

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