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(1) The reason Jefferson choose the expression separation of church and state was because he was addressing a Baptist congregation; a denomination of which he was not a member. Jefferson wanted to remove all fears that the state would make dictates to the church.
The high court took the same position in widely publicized decisions in 1947 and 1948, asserting in the latter case, McCollum v. Board of Education, that, in the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect 'a wall of separation between church and state.'.efore and after: Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists contained the famous phrase a wall of separation between church and state (in the sentence just before the area circled for deletion).