The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions.
David BartonThe current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside the four walls of the church.
David BartonAnd you get Thomas Paine, who's the least religious Founding Father saying, you've got to teach creation science in the classroom. Scientific method demands that.
David BartonSeparation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .
David Barton