“[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.” YearsStatesProblemChurchReligiousEuropeConstitutionHeritageIntoleranceAvoidingPersecutionChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSeparation Between Church And StateReligious Intolerance Book:Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context Source: Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context