Neonatal Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, never one to distinguish from his right to celebrate his religion to his power to impose his religion, said, “people misunderstand” the concept of the separation of church and state, using an argument of people who want to inject their church into our state.
Per NBC News, Johnson asserted “[t]he separation of church and state is a misnomer. People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter that Jefferson wrote. It’s not in the Constitution. And what he was explaining is they did not want the government to encroach upon the church — not that they didn’t want principles of faith to have influence on our public life. It’s exactly the opposite.”
Ignoring historical evidence that none of the Founding Fathers were divinely driven to establish the nation to celebrate any form of Christianity, Johnson went on to claim the Founders knew religion “would be important to maintain our system. And that’s why I think we need more of that — not an establishment of any national religion — but we need everybody’s vibrant expression of faith because it’s such an important part of who we are as a nation.”