"As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslems] . . . it is declared . . . that no pretext arising from religious opinion shall ever produce an interruption of that harmony existing between the two countries."–Treaty with Tripoli, 1797."
Any holy alliance between church and state is taboo. There is no religious freedom where any church dominates the educational system that must be kept secular for freedom to work. Our founding fathers recognized the dangers. It is said "when religi and stte embrace it is the state that gives the bear hug. "
H.C.S whom a priest demonized her and her sister in childhood for not being a Catholic
