Jefferson was expressing his opinion. Clearly some of the founding fathers shared some (but not all)of his concerns about the "wall". The situation isn't all that much better today as Congress and the Supreme Court have not quite gotten around to defining the key word in the Amendment: Religion. No fools they (well, they are but even broken clock shows the right time twice a day). A bigger can of worms is hard to imagine.

One concern of our founding fathers was that only by refusing to endorse any religion could they get key support needed for the constitution. Another is that they didn't want a monolithic Church to share power with. Unless they were in charge, of couse.

Red Celt - The other side of the equation is that the Supreme Court is also around to figure out what was deliberately not said by Congress so they could make grand gestures without ever having to really produce anything.

Regards John