The Founders included the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution partly to protect religious rights. It was intended to keep the Federal government from interfering in religious practices and to keep it from establishing a national religion. Today, the 1st Amendment is turned on its head due to lack of historic perspective. For more insights, check the reading list: The First Amendment and The U.S. Consitution
Justice David Joseph Brewer (1837-1910), Supreme Court Justice
"The American nation from its first settlement at Jamestown to this hour is based upon and permeated by the principles of the Bible."
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