[Old Student]

"The notion that religion can be established by states is just nuts. Could Texas become an officially Baptist state or Connecticut an officially Catholic state? The idea is ludicrous. The right to freedom of religious conscience and governments on all levels that are neutral about religion is fundamental to Americanism, and cannot be decided by priests or preachers who manage to capture the power of government depending on which state you live it."

You might want to go reread your early US history. Several states, including, IIRC, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Rhode Island, had established state churches supported by taxes. The way it is now is not the way it was, then.