[MNJohnnie]

Except of course your interpretation ignores the context of the Founders time. What they opposed was a State subsides Church where no believers were forced to PAY mandated taxes (know as tithes) to a Church they did not support. They NEVER would of continued this imposition of the Atheist LACK of religion on everyone else. It is EXACTLY counter to their fundamental beliefs.

[stacytec]

"Except of course your interpretation ignores encompasses the context of the Founders time."

There, fixed it for you. These issues were discussed by Hume, Paine and Locke and echoed in the Federalist Papers. The constitution is a construct of utilitarian and philosophical ideas.