Jefferson wasn't really a primary author of the First Amendment. But Jefferson was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which is seen as kind of a precursor of the First Amendment. It was Jefferson's protÃ©gÃ©, James Madison, who helped draft the First Amendment. So the metaphor is apt and it is important.

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