You're confusing state Constitutions with the federal Constitution. The federal Constitution didn't make a declaration on Christianity, and I think it can be presumed that it was expected states would catch up to the federal standard. Also, most of the Constitutions you're citing were drawn up before the federal Constitution was drafted and ratified.

And again, the states also had laws that banned people from criticizing or even critiquing the Christian faith, and that included people who may have been Catholic and offered critiques on Protestantism. But we wouldn't parade those laws around today.

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Posted by USMCTiger03

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Posted on 9/16/14 at 10:11 pm to maine82

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You're confusing state Constitutions with the federal Constitution. The federal Constitution didn't make a declaration on Christianity, and I think it can be presumed that it was expected states would catch up to the federal standard. Also, most of the Constitutions you're citing were drawn up before the federal Constitution was drafted and ratified.

Such a pedestrian response.

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Posted by NC_Tigah

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Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:44 am to maine82

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You're confusing state Constitutions with the federal Constitution

and you are discounting founding and roots of the relevant 13 states. Did "foundation" of the US begin with creation of the Constitution in 1787? or did it begin with Constitutional ratification in 1788? or did it actually have its roots in formation and development of the individual colonies/states.

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