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"Thus, the separation of church and state ensures that private citizens, when acting in the role of some government official, cannot have any aspect of their private religious beliefs imposed upon everyone else.

School teachers cannot promote their religion to other people's children."

Wrong.

Amendment I, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

"No law" is the key phrase.

Referring to the examples above, there is not a law that is being enforced when individuals choose to "exercise" their relition.

"Local officials cannot require certain religious beliefs on the part of government employees."

True. The 1st Amendment does prohibit this action.

"Government leaders cannot make members of other religions feel like they are unwanted or are second-class citizens by using their position to promote particular religious beliefs - for example, through sectarian prayers or scriptural readings."

How a citizen "feels" is their business and has nothing to do with government.

From the article:

"Thus, the separation of church and state ensures that private citizens, when acting in the role of some government official, cannot have any aspect of their private religious beliefs imposed upon everyone else.
School teachers cannot promote their religion to other people's children. Local officials cannot require certain religious beliefs on the part of government employees.
Government leaders cannot make members of other religions feel like they are unwanted or are second-class citizens by using their position to promote particular religious beliefs - "

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Exactly..

Our constitution concludes in Art IV with a prohibition that no State, Local or Federal official shall ever have a religious Test as a requirement for ANY Office of public Trust.

Then our BOR's began with a prohibition that some of those same officials, - Congress, " -- shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, -- "

Thus, it is plain to see the intent of our Framers.
They did indeed want a "separation of organized religion and civil authority".

And it is amazing indeed how many FR 'conservatives' want civil authority to use religion in political ways.