Tax advantages - SS survivors benefits - and many more, mostly financial items.
If you read the rest of what I said, you would realize that I did read you links - and find them ENCOURAGING religion, but not any one specific one (Christianity is a combination of several "flavours"). I saw NO requirements for anyone to observe any pariticular belief.
Yes, the founders only applied to the constitution to the federal government - would that we did that today! How many STATE constitutions allowed the state government to restrict/dictate religious practices?
For the record, so you don't argue down that road - I am a firm believer in the sovereignty of the people themselves and that each and every level of government derives its powers from the consent of us - since you seem to favor the same argument, we need not debate the point.
All aimed at rewarding moral behavior.
Christianity is a combination of several "flavours")
Christianity is Christ and Christ only. Islam is a mish mash of everything.
We are done.