...contributions to the church established by the state of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson said: to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.... ... the opinions of men are not the subject of civil government,...

...funding scheme, I believe this is exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he said that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."8 It was over 200 years ago, and it is today. Government should...

...power to the government to provide financial support for religious teaching, arguing that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he dishelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.1'214 Finally, Jefferson departed from Locke's views...

...established and maintained false religions over the greater part of the world in all time. That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical. That to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the yield of opinion is a dangerous fallacy...

...in taxpayer-provided matching funds in 1988 alone." He goes on to quote Thomas Jefferson. "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...which he disbelieves. is sinful and tyrannical.'" " When Jefferson wrote that he probably wasn't anticipating a nation in which candidates would need...

...maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical, and even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving...

...Establishing Religious Freedom in the Virginia Legislature (House of Burgesses). It declared that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical." (If Jefferson thought that about merely funding things against ones will, one can imagine what he would...

...To quote a past United States President and one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical. All these years I have faithfully objected, jumped through all the union's hoops, and paid the money...

...really what this is all about. I still think that Thomas Jefferson put it best by stating, "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is simple and tyrannical." I couldn't agree with that more, and that is the crux of what we are concerned...

...problematic for the teaching of evolution, let alone sectarian religion, in tax-supported schools: "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."27 By unseating the religious elites, Jefferson also sought to...