Obama states...
"Many of the leading lights of the Revolution, most notably Franklin and Jefferson, were deists who--while believing in an Almighty God--questioned not only the dogmas of the Christian church but the central tenets of Christianity itself (including Christ's divinity). Jefferson and Madison in particular argued for what Jefferson called a "wall of seperation" between church and state, as a means of protecting individual liberty in religious belief and practice, guarding the state against sectarian strife, and defending organized religion against the state's encroachment or undue influence." (p. 217)
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