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"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State." --Thomas Jefferson

Well, that makes me feel better. People reference "separation of church and state" quite a bit when arguing against legislation that seemingly has its roots in religious doctrine. The other side always says "there's nothing in law that says separation of church and state," but here it is. It may not be written that way in the law books, but it was the intention.