1st Amendment original meaning of Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Some States had official churches established and supported by taxes, some did and then dis-established them. The 1st Amendment has absolutely nothing at all to do with prohibiting states from promoting theism, having an established church, displaying the 10 Dabarym (Hebrew word is “Statements” or “Words”). Virginia was Episcopal but James Madison, not Congress, convinced the representatives of Virginia to dis-establish before the new Constitution and Bill of Rights. Massachusetts was Congregational until 1833. They, not secular and Scottish Rite judges, knew what the 1st Amendment meant, and still means today.. The Supreme Court did not tell Massachusetts what to do, their sentiment changed over the decades. Louisiana is aiming for the Supreme Court to stop telling them how to teach their children. This could be the end o fScottish Rite secularism and. New Age teaching and jurisprudence. Behind the Lodge Door:: Church, State and Freemasonry in America, Paul Fisher https://archive.org/details/Behind_The_Lodge_Door_Paul_A._Fisher
1st Amendment original meaning of Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Some States had official churches established and supported by taxes, some did and then dis-established them. The 1st Amendment has absolutely nothing at all to do with prohibiting states from promoting theism, having an established church, displaying the 10 Dabarym (Hebrew word is “Statements” or “Words”). Virginia was Episcopal but James Madison, not Congress, convinced the representatives of Virginia to dis-establish before the new Constitution and Bill of Rights. Massachusetts was Congregational until 1833. They, not secular and Scottish Rite judges, knew what the 1st Amendment meant, and still means today.. The Supreme Court did not tell Massachusetts what to do, their sentiment changed over the decades. Louisiana is aiming for the Supreme Court to stop telling them how to teach their children. This could be the end o fScottish Rite secularism and. New Age teaching and jurisprudence. Behind the Lodge Door:: Church, State and Freemasonry in America, Paul Fisher https://archive.org/details/Behind_The_Lodge_Door_Paul_A._Fisher