[Sgt_Schultze]

At the time of the adoption of the Constitution, several states had their own established churches. At that time, no court ever adjudicated that those churches were unconstitutional. I read an interesting article by Stanton Evans in Imprimis Magazine - which I kept from that time. Here is a link to the archive at Hillsdale College, which lays out his case that the current widely-held position on church/state is made up and wrong.

[DiogenesLamp]

At the time of the adoption of the Constitution, several states had their own established churches. At that time, no court ever adjudicated that those churches were unconstitutional. I read an interesting article by Stanton Evans in Imprimis Magazine - which I kept from that time. Here is a link to the archive at Hillsdale College, which lays out his case that the current widely-held position on church/state is made up and wrong.

I've been blowing that same trumpet since the 1990s. Yes, official state religions existed before and after 1787. The constitution itself ends with a reference to "Our Lord" and exempts the President from working on Sundays.

What people believe nowadays is just crap made up by legal activists and kook judges.

Here is a piece of historical evidence I like to share when this topic comes up.