Constitutional Minute

We have all heard the chant, mindlessly recited, “Separation of church and state.” Many believe this phrase is in the Constitution and that it forbids any Christian influence in the public square. But that is false. It was in a letter, not in the Constitution, and it is not a constitutional principle. On Oct. 7, 1801, Baptists in Danbury, Conn., wrote a letter to President Thomas Jefferson in…