No, I'm saying that the idea of "separation of church and state" is made up out of whole cloth, and not in the least found in the text of the first amendment.
What the actual text says, forbids the creation of a mandatory federal religion. This is backed up by understanding that the Founders believed that the church of England was corrupt and having the head of state be the head of the church was a bad idea.
Most of the Bill of Rights is just a laundry list of complaints against the British system of the time.
No, I'm saying that the idea of "separation of church and state" is made up out of whole cloth, and not in the least found in the text of the first amendment.
What the actual text says, forbids the creation of a mandatory federal religion. This is backed up by understanding that the Founders believed that the church of England was corrupt and having the head of state be the head of the church was a bad idea.
Most of the Bill of Rights is just a laundry list of complaints against the British system of the time.