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<blockquote data-quote="Margonme" data-source="post: 1378917" data-attributes="member: 25776"><p><em>"Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed, by inserting the word "Jesus Christ," so that it should read, "a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;" the insertion was rejected by a great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan [Muslim], the Hindoo [Hindu], and Infidel of every denomination.</em>"</p><p></p><p>The above is taken from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. It is <strong>not</strong> referring to the US Constitution. It was part of the deliberations on Bill 82 of the State of Virginia General Assembly for establishing Religious Freedom. </p><p></p><p>The complete reference is:</p><p></p><p>82. A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 18 June 1779," Founders Online, National Archives, last modified October 5, 2016, <a href="http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-02-02-0132-0004-0082" target="_blank">http://founders.archives.gov/documents/ ... -0004-0082</a>. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 2, 1777 – 18 June 1779, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950, pp. 545–553.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Margonme, post: 1378917, member: 25776"] [i]"Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed, by inserting the word "Jesus Christ," so that it should read, "a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;" the insertion was rejected by a great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan [Muslim], the Hindoo [Hindu], and Infidel of every denomination.[/i]" The above is taken from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. It is [b]not[/b] referring to the US Constitution. It was part of the deliberations on Bill 82 of the State of Virginia General Assembly for establishing Religious Freedom. The complete reference is: 82. A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 18 June 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified October 5, 2016, [url=http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-02-02-0132-0004-0082]http://founders.archives.gov/documents/ ... -0004-0082[/url]. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 2, 1777 – 18 June 1779, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950, pp. 545–553.] [/QUOTE]
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