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  "path": "/letters/2026/02/the-founders-must-be-having-fits-over-the-idea-of-posting-the-ten-commandments-in-classrooms.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T22:53:01.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Thomas Jefferson edited his own Bible to take out references to Jesus’ miracles, while John Quincy Adams chose to take the presidential oath on a law book, not a Bible. That’s how much they felt that religion should play no role in our new democratic republic. I’m fairly sure that Jesus would agree, writes Karen Kircher of Strongsville in a letter to the editor.",
  "title": "The Founders must be having fits over the idea of posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms: Letter to the Editor"
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