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Where it [separation of church and state] is briefly stated in Article 1 of the Bill of Rights, the so-called "religious freedom" clause, even the most cursory examination reveals that it was lifted directly out form Virginia State Constitution at the time the Federal Constitution was written. The Supreme Court knew this, but went ahead and gave it an entirely different meaning from the intent of the Founding Fathers. The Supreme Court knew Virginia State Constitution made it plain that what the Founding Fathers did when they put this clause into the Bill of Rights was to make sure that no single Christian sect would have dominance over other Christian beliefs, if it should become the State religion.

— Dr. John Coleman; What You Should Know About the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights view

There is no such thing as "Separation of Church and States" in the Constitution and The Bill of Rights.

— Dr. John Coleman; What You Should Know About the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights view

The German Lutheran Church was also firmly established as were many other offshoots and sects of the Anglican Church, but the important point to remember is that they were all Christian churches. The fallacy of "Separation of Church and State" and "religious freedom" meaning freedom for all non-Christian religions to have equal place with Christianity, grew out of a judiciary that overstepped its bounds in attempting to legislate.

A look back at the period shows that far from erecting a "wall of separation" between Church and State, the Founding Fathers were only making sure that no one branch of the Christian religion dominated the other, or -- became the Church of the State. All else is fantasy and the product of the imaginations of those with no grounding in the Constitution and determined to undermine it.

— Dr. John Coleman; What You Should Know About the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights view