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I did not claim Jefferson expressed or intended any hostility to religion or religious expression, but his desire for an absolute separation of Government and church is clear, as is his wish to protect each from the other. Neither government nor religion will be improved overall by their being mixed. To find a congregation or group of congregations that would love to see their Doctrine become Law would not be hard, and I don't doubt that they would sincerely believe that such a move would result in the betterment of all, but it would not only NOT be what the Framers intended, it would be what they sought to prevent.

Jefferson attended church at... the county courthouse.

He though it was terrific that the courthouse was used by all the denominations in Charlottesville as their temple!
This doesn't fit in with the "wall of separation" view of him put forth these days.
But using a government owned and tax-payer paid for building as his church was fine since there was no coercion.

Jefferson was opposed only to the government using coercion or force for or against anyone's religious beliefs.