...the Atlantic. In his noted Letter to the Danbury Baptists, Jefferson wrote that he contemplate [d] with solemn reverence that act of the whole American...should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church...

...us. M¿ M¿*¿ ¿ Re1 ¿ed¿n R eligion Is a matter which lies solely between a man and his God. . . he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship. —Thomas Jefferson In the middle of the fallout from the Pltr¿oy interview; Gary Bauer and Geraldine...

...Jefferson's metaphor served Waite's immediate purpose because Jefferson had coupled it with the argument that “the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions,” a corollary to the distinction Waite was making. But introduction of the “wall” concept into judicial...

...Jefferson's metaphor served Waite's immediate purpose because Jefferson had coupled it with the argument that "the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions," a corollary to the distinction Waite was making. But introduction of the "wall" concept into judicial...

...with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God,” the president wrote, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, not opinions, I contemplate with the sovereign reverence that act of...

...is Jefferson's statement in his famous "wall of separation between Church and State" letter (1802), "that the legislative powers of the Government reach actions only, and not opinions." 4 As a lawyer, Jefferson would have had to admit that, while it may not injure me if my neighbor says...

...another's conscience. Jefferson's words ring true: "religion is a matter which lies solely between man and God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship" (Peterson, 1984, p. 510). In full support of the conceptualization of religion as concerned with matters...

...unfettered right to believe, but not a right to act according to that belief. Jefferson himself had said that "the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions." When, in 1878, the Supreme Court's decision in the Reynolds case prohibited Mormon polygamy, the justices...

...phrase "separation of church and state" was taken, affirmed First Amendment rights. Jefferson wrote: "I contemplate with solemn reverence that act of the...should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church...

...Jefferson's letter reads thus: Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between a man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the [legitimate] powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign...