re: Arkansas State Football team forced to remove Christian crosses from helmets

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The biggest problem with quoting Jefferson's letter as authority on the meaning of the 1st Amendment establishment clause (particularly as applied to the states via the 14th) is that the comments were made in the context of an understanding of the constitution that limited government. The Federal government had no power to establish schools, therefore the separation of schools and religion (at that time joined at the hip) would have been unthinkable. It is the injection of government into every aspect of our lives that makes the current application of the establishment clause so offensive. Thanks FDR.

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