“[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
“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.” StatesGovernmentChurchReligiousPrayerActivitySacredIncludingSymbolsEthicalFestivalsSponsorship Book:Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context Source: Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context