''[[Reynolds v. United States]]'', 98 U.S. 145, 163 (1879) (upheld laws against [[polygamy]] because religious liberty cannot prevail when there are "overt acts against peace and good order": "it is declared 'that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order.' In these two sentences is found the true distinction between what properly belongs to the church and what to the State.") (quoting a preamble by legislation drafted by [[Thomas Jefferson]] that passed in [[Virginia]] during the [[Articles of Confederation]], while a prior bill more protective of religion as proposed by [[James Madison]] failed). | ''[[Reynolds v. United States]]'', 98 U.S. 145, 163 (1879) (upheld laws against [[polygamy]] because religious liberty cannot prevail when there are "overt acts against peace and good order": "it is declared 'that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order.' In these two sentences is found the true distinction between what properly belongs to the church and what to the State.") (quoting a preamble by legislation drafted by [[Thomas Jefferson]] that passed in [[Virginia]] during the [[Articles of Confederation]], while a prior bill more protective of religion as proposed by [[James Madison]] failed). |