[TexasJackFlash]

"early American history is filled with examples of religion-based states"


About half of the colonies were religion based. But that all came tumbling down in 1776 with the commencement of the revolution.

By 1788, only four of the thirteen states had establishments of religion. By 1790, only three had establishments of religion.

At the founding, four or five of the state governments had the authority to levy a general assessment to support religion. However, that constitutional authority was never ratified by the people, and was never exercised.

[dayglored]

>> "early American history is filled with examples of religion-based states"

> About half of the colonies were religion based. But that all came tumbling down in 1776 with the commencement of the revolution. By 1788, only four of the thirteen states had establishments of religion. By 1790, only three had establishments of religion.

Thank you for that explication. Indeed, I was inaccurate in my statement, since I was thinking "colonies or states" but hastily wrote "states". My bad.

[Amendment10]

"About half of the colonies were religion based. But that all came tumbling down in 1776 with the commencement of the revolution.

By 1788, only four of the thirteen states had establishments of religion. By 1790, only three had establishments of religion."

I think that you're trying to sidestep the real issue with respect to states getting rid of state religions. Your statement ignores that if a given state got rid of its state religion that it was exercising its 10th Amendment power to do so, not because an issue was being made that the state was violating the 1st Amendment's prohibition on the religious powers of the federal government.