Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree (for all forbid us to steal, murder, plunder, or bear false witness), and that we should not intermeddle with the particular dogmas in which all religions differ, and which are totally unconnected with morality. Thomas Jefferson. Letter to J. Fishback, 1809.
Which still supports my point. Codifying ONE sects dogma as National law is a bad idea. History is littered with Nations that have tried.
He also, since he was an englightened gentleman, reduced the penalty in the state of Virginia from execution to merely castration and banishment, IIRC.
The learned men of his day never envisioned that the USA would degrade to barbaric perversion and that it would be the cultural norm, nor that people would use his words as justification for tolerating (what to speak of promoting or “celebrating”) public nudity, sodomy, slutdom and the rest. They assumed that the basic moral standards would be understood and continue to be the cultural standards.
Oh, and all monotheist religions (as well as some that are not, or are not generally considered monotheist religions) share the same moral precepts).
If you think Jefferson would high five the Libertarian Platform you’re out of your mind.