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December 14, 2015 By Ryan Nelson   |   12 Comments

What Is the Separation of Church and State?

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The separation of church and state does not directly appear in the Constitution of the United States. Rather, the phrase represents an understanding of the First Amendment, popularized (but not invented) by a correspondence between a Baptist church and President Thomas Jefferson.

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