You're not being honest with yourself dayglored.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, the Bill of Rights was flawed with respect to the 10th Amendment not having any checks. The post Civil War 14th Amendment was intended to check the 10th, the 10th likewise checking the 14th. The problem is that crooked secular judges are now taking advantage of widespread constitutional ignorance by ignoring the 10th so the 14th essentially has no checks.
I think perhaps you misunderstood the intent of my comment.
Jefferson's concern, and the scope of the Constitution, was at the federal level. Even though TJ deeply distrusted religious influence in any government, I don't think he intended for the fed-gov to impose limits at the individual state level. He understood the value of states' rights.
Likewise, the 14th -should- have been limited in scope; as you say, cross-checking with the 10th.
The nature of our Republic is such that individual states should have very wide latitude to experiment, including varying amounts of non-secular influence in otherwise secular state governments, as long as that influence does not infringe on federally-protected freedoms. As long as I have the right and ability to move myself to any state I wish, I have no gripe against another state's orientation.
It's only at the federal level -- where it acts as a blanket across all states and every citizen -- that the problems occur, in -either- direction (secular or non-secular).