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ICYMI: Roots, Rights & Reason - Episode 7 Investigative Journalist Lee Smith sat down with Constitutional Lawyer Josh Hammer to dig into the real story behind the phrase “separation of church and state.” Spoiler: it’s not in the Constitution. Jefferson’s 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists was twisted by the courts in 1947’s Everson v. Board of Education—and America’s been paying the price ever since. Hammer explains how the Founders saw the First Amendment as a safeguard for religious expression, not a gag order on faith in public life. “America was founded as an ecumenical biblical country,” he warns. “Without the Bible, we are totally lost at sea.” From banning prayer in schools to erasing religious symbols from public spaces, Smith and Hammer expose how this distortion has sidelined believers and handed victory to the secularists. Don’t miss this powerful conversation: https://www.americasfuture.net/newsletter/the-character-of-a-nation/#roots-rights-reason