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To: FrankWoods

?? I didn't say anything about Rhode Island, which was founded on a quite different basis from most of the other original colonies.

http://www.undergodprocon.org/pop/statereligions.htm#Rhode%20Island

9 of the 13 original colonies had an established state religion during the early years of the USA. The other 4 had allowed some degree of state support of religion up until 1790-92. Thus, while it would be accurate to say that there was beginning to be some movement away from overt state sponsorship of Christianity by the early 1790s, it would be grossly inaccurate (though it's often implied by the "wall of separation" discussions) that ANYONE in the leadership circles of the founding generation understood the 1st Amendment to require states to sever all financial, institutional, and even verbal support for any form of religion whatsoever.


57 posted on 06/28/2006 2:34:58 PM PDT by Enchante (Keller & Sulzberger: Forget elections, WE are the self-appointed judges of everything)
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