B_big dirigible
Experimental Member
as progressive as europeans can be, xenophobia is alive and well. as often non-progressive as americans can be, our constitution would never allow restricting this type of religious expression (no matter how distasteful). score one for thomas jefferson.
Jefferson had nothing to do with it. He was the US Minister to France at the time, and was in Paris during the entire Constitutional Convention. In fact he expressed serious reservations about the Constitution after Madison sent him a copy.
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Oops, didn't notice - this is one of those Grateful Thread revivals. What a waste of time.