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Jefferson 21st Century Home Page
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The Institute is dedicated to the principle of appropriate separation of religion and government whereby government neither establishes, nor favors, one religion over another.
The principle of separation of religion and government was brilliantly and succinctly stated by Jesus of Nazareth: "Render unto Caesar that which belongs to Caesar and to God that which belongs to God." The First Amendment to the United States Constitution also brilliantly and succinctly states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and constitutions of the fifty states also enforce this principle on the states.
The Free Exercise Clause of the United States Constitution prohibits government from oppressing the individual's right to freely practice his religion. The Establishment Clause prohibits government from establishing or favoring one religion over another. Tension between the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause arises when adherents of one religion ask government for accommodations. The point where government accommodation reasonably protects free practice of religion as opposed to where government accommodation favors or establishes religion is often vague and subject to manipulation.
