[LarryLied]

If this were guns, or taxes, I imagine the arguments here would be to keep the government out....

The arguement is consistent. Government should keep out of religion. There should be (and wasn't until recently) nothing preventing religion from becoming involved with government.

Current law on the first amendment is the opposite of what the founders intended.

[MissMillie]

The Bill of Rights outlines the freedoms retained by the INDIVIDUAL. The government does not retain the right of the free exercise of religion.