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“[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history and an even longer heritage of church-state problems in Europe.”

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Book:Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context
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“By operating independently of government aid, the churches . . . avoid the resentment of those who do not want to be forced to contribute to churches to which they do not belong and of their own members who do not welcome being forced to contribute through government taxation.”

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Book:Confronting church and state: memoirs of an activist
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“Since separation precludes financial support or special privilege from government, the churches are free to engage in prophetic criticism of the government and to work for social justice.”

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Book:Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context
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“Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather than make government more ethical or religious.”

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Book:Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context
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