[allmendream]

The views of both Madison and Jefferson were clear as to the intended separation of Church and State.

That is not to say that there should be separation of God and State.

Church is not God.

[eyedigress]

The founders were trying to protect the freedom of religion and the exercise thereof. (Still ever aware of England’s mandate).
The US Government perverted the whole thing and is basically trying to abolish religion freedom. It seems we have seen this before. JMHO