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escape religious coercion where they could escape an
established church, a church sometimes not only establish-
ed, but under the control of the government.
I want to continue with a few notes speaking
against the amendment and for the language that we
have adopted.
There are those who say today that what
Thomas Jefferson meant by his classic phrase "separation
of church and state", what he meant then is not important
in -today's world, but a quick glance at many of the prob-
lems that we have will reveal to us that what Jefferson anc
Madison lead the country to adopt and why they did it and
what they intended by it can be very helpful to us as
we decide today whether we shall continue this unique
contribution of America, that is to say, the separation
of church and state.
Now then, if we look at a brief but accurate
history of a picture of American education, we will see
that the public school systen started because the people
wanted their children to be familiar uith the Bible.
Then as soon s vast ruribers of imgrart ]"c"-Jan to