Yes , I can see your point , my errors in sentence structure and the fact that I used all caps...would make all the points irrelevant to you...still...facts are facts..and we can not change history...unless..we would rather believe a lie than the truth. If that is the premise of the opposing view, then the quote ," those who will not learn the lesson of history are doomed to repeat it."...come to mind. There is another quote that also might apply..."be careful what you wish for ...you just might get it!".....

WELL, I TRIED THIS 4 HOURS AGO AND IT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THIS SITE...SO..I WILL TRY ONE MORE TIME...AND REMEMBER WHAT I SAID....THIS ARGUEMENT THAT THE 1ST AMENDMENT DOES NOT GUARENTEE FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE OF THE EXPRESSION OF ONE'S FAITH IS NOT FACTUAL. THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE NOT TRYING TO STOP RELIGOUS FREEDOM..THEY WERE TRYING TO STOP THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE REGLIGION. ANY EXPRESSION OF FAITH...OR RECITING A BIBLICAL QUOTE ANYWHERE ANYTIME ..IS NOT AN ATEMPT TO ESTABLIS A RELIGION...BECAUSE FAITH IN GOD...AND BELIEF IN THE BIBLE IS NOT PRACTICING A RELIGION, IT IS AN EXPRESSION OF A RELATIONSHIP. BAPTIST IS A RELIGION, CATHOLIC IS A RELIGION, METHODIST IS A RELIGION. BEILIEF IN GOD OR A SUPREME BEING IS NOT A RELIGION NEVER HAS BEEN. OUR FOREFATHERS LEFT ENGLAND AND EUROPE TO ESCAPE THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION OF STATE RUN RELIGIONS LIKE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE PAPACY. BUT IT NEVER EVEN OCCURED TO THEM TO EXCLUDE GOD FROM OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR EVERYDAY LIVES, AND EVERY PART OF THEIR BEING. THEY JUST DID NOT WANT ANY ONE RELIGION TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT. DENYING THAT FACT IS AN EXCERCISE IN HISTORICAL IGNORANCE. IT IS A FACT THAT EVERY TIME THERE WAS A ORGANIZED MEETING WHEATHER IT WAS THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS , ETC...PRAYER WAS ALWAYS OFFERED, TO ASK GOD FOR GUIDANCE. THEY REALIZED IT WOULD BE GROSSLY IMPERTANT FOR THEM TO THINK THEY COULD ENTER INTO SUCH A GRAND UNDERTAKING LIKE SEPARTING THEMSELVES FROM ENGLAND AND STARTING THEIR OWN COUNTRY FROM SCRATCH WITHOUT ASKING FOR DIVINE HELP...NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE TRY...THAT FACT CAN NEVER BE DENIED. AMERICA BECAME THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH BECAUSE OF THAT BEGINING AND MILLIONS WHO CARRIED ON IN THE SAME FASHION...IT IS THE BEST OF WHAT WE ARE...AND OUR FOREFATHERS WANTED TO GUARENTEE THAT AMERICANS WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH WHATEVER IT WAS WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE FROM ANY GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ...LOCAL OR NATIONAL..