There is no "separation of church and state" in the Constitution. The liberals made that up. The government, on the other hand, is prohibited from ruling against the practice of religion.
“The government, on the other hand, is prohibited from ruling against the practice of religion.”
...which was the original intent. Roughly half the colonies had state religions, and they were concerned that the Feds will tell them they weren’t allowed to have them.
IIRC, it was Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice and Klan member who hated Catholics.
In order to ensure to citizens freedom of conscience, the church in the U.S.S.R. is separated from the state, and the school from the church. Freedom of religious worship and freedom of antireligious propaganda is recognized for all citizens.When that is pointed out to the liberals, they usually fall back on Jefferson’s 1801 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut, which has the phrase “building a wall of separation between church and state”, the context being non-establishment of a single state religion at the federal level.
— 1936 “Stalin Constitution”, Article 124
Citizens of the USSR are guaranteed freedom of conscience, that is, the right to profess or not to profess any religion, and to conduct religious worship or atheistic propaganda. Incitement of hostility or hatred on religious grounds is prohibited. In the USSR, the church is separated from the state, and the school from the church.
— 1977 constitution, Article 52