Unfortunately, there is still a subset of the pious, even today, -- who reject the teachings of history, and want to re-institute State support for churches.
Worse, there is a subset of the pious who want to institute church support for the state. This campaign season has made that rather clear.
" --- Religion is being used by the representatives of government and politically constituted groups as a statist tool for the remaking of the modern world. And therein lies the danger.
The Founding Fathers—most of them deist in their religious orientation—understood the supreme importance of the separation of church and state, ---"
The article makes a clear case that the erosion of this principle leads to the erosion of ALL of the rights for which the Founders fought.