- According to the Constitution, the inauguration of a President can include an "affirmation" of his faith rather than an "oath"
- The Constitution also states, "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification of any office or public trust under the United States"
The "wall of separation"
- Thomas Jefferson wrote that the First Amendment constructed a "wall of separation between church and state"
- Jefferson believed religion was a personal matter, not a political one
- Jefferson was criticized by his opponents for the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786), which disestablished the Church of England in Virginia and guaranteed freedom of religion to all people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_the_United_States#Jehovah.27s_Witnesses
http://www.usconstitution.net/jeffwall.html
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