It always seemed to me that the point was there will be no “Church of the United States”. Such as the “Church of England” or the “Church of Scotland”, plus everyone could worship as they pleased.
Or not.
A representative government will, by implied design, reflect (or try to, at least) the “values” of the constituents. When Islam spreads to the point that it becomes a majority religion, people will vote in Sharia “law”. How does a constitution that is blind to religion prevent this? How can a constitution favour a particular sect and still be unbiased?
yarddog wrote:
“It always seemed to me that the point was there will be no “Church of the United States”. Such as the “Church of England” or the “Church of Scotland”, plus everyone could worship as they pleased.”
You would think so, considering that the King of England is/was also the head of the Anglican Church.
I do believe this: if you were/are a member of our military force, the religion that you hold dear, should be respected, even to your ‘emblem’ upon your marker. These folks defend us, and what we, each of us, consider ‘the religion we hold dear’. They have earned the right to have whatever they choose on their marker, don’t you think?
No atheist can stand there and tell me, ‘no you can’t’.