[Mr. Silverback]

The second statement follows from the first only if you could demonstrate that establishing an official religion actually violates someone's rights.

The Founders thought it did, which is why the establishment clause in the First Amendment exists in the first place.

State religions, after all, are the biggest reason the first colonists came over here in the first place.

[inquest]

State religions, after all, are the biggest reason the first colonists came over here in the first place.

You're forgetting that many colonies had official religions. They weren't getting away from state religions; they were getting away from religious persecution. There's a difference.