What did the Founding Fathers consider to be the proper role of religion in public life? Were they Christians or Deists? What did they mean by "establishment of religion" in the First Amendment?
These questions and issues have been (and will continue to be) hotly debated.
Follow the link to see what some scholars at a recent Virginia Beach symposium had to say.
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