However, just because they had the legal power to do it, it does not mean that they should do it. My reading of Locke(who supported toleration, rather than religious liberty), Jefferson(who was not always consistent), Paine(a consistent apostle of freedom of conscience), Mill(preacher of the errors of infalibility), and others have convinced me that any maintained establishment of religion or religious tests for office, not only violates the individual's liberties, but undermines the general happiness as well.