Separation Anxiety - Church v State edition

A quote from my hometown hero and Founding (Deist) Father as we enter the silly season of an insane presidential campaign. We are not, and we never were, a Christian nation. We were a nation founded on the idea of tolerance and the role of reason. We could use a lot more of both right now.

 "The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ... Reason and free enquiry are the only effectual agents against error." 

- Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father Figure and Omnipresent Caster of Shadows in Charlottesville

From: https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-religious-beliefs

Also see Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom here: https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/virginia-statute-religious-freedom