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To: billbears
Several states after the Constitution was signed had established official state churches. Some state governments even went as far as to impose a very small tax of 2 or 3 percent on income to support said church. And imagine!! No one had a problem with it. At least until the 14th Amendment

Actually, a lot of people had a problem with it, which is why all the states with established churches abolished them long before the 14th amendment. I think the last to go was around 1830.

44 posted on 04/23/2002 12:08:22 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
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To: Lurking Libertarian
Actually, it didn't. Matter of fact some of the northern states didn't drop the official until the 1860s or forced to by the 14th
49 posted on 04/23/2002 12:19:31 PM PDT by billbears
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