[Melas]

So much talk about Jefferson and what he really believed, and not a single person has posted the VA statute on religious freedom that Jefferson penned in 1786.

The statute makes it clear that any religious belief, or lack thereof was a matter of individual conscience, and not a matter of state.

We, the General Assembly of Virginia do enact that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief: but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.

[rwfromkansas]

Nice try. If we look at the pillar of all docs that supposedly supports separation, the Memorial and Remonstrance, it even acknowledges a belief in one true religion, Christianity.