[antiRepublicrat]

say that the Framers feared a religious power is to reveal a vast ignorance of both American history and English history.

You really don't know your period. The Framers fully understood how previous governments had treaded on rights for religious reasons. Just read their writings and your history.

[jwalsh07]

The Framers fully understood how previous governments had treaded on rights for religious reasons. Just read their writings and your history.

Which must be why they banned state religions.

Except for one small fact, they didn't.

[Dataman]

Like other anti-intellectual postmodernists, I see you reconstruct history to suit your biases. Good luck on your self-deception. May you live to regret it in time.