I find that the two most common places where people start digging up quotes are in issues of gun control and separation of church and state. Usually these quotes are so taken out of context that they are misleading at best and down right misleading or dishonest at worst.
If religion is the issue, you have to consider that yes, the founding fathers were made up of people that held strong views that greatly opposed each other. There were the fundies that wanted everyone to know that America is a Christian nation and everything revolves around the glory of God and the athiests or deists that wanted to appease them to some extent but keep the two institutions as seperate as possible.
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