>> That’s funny. States used to be able to push religious ideals
Irrelevant as the States pushed lots of things that are no longer considered ethical. That’s not to question ideals. Just saying precedent alone does not justify its Constitutionality.
Your MA quote is simply stating a condition. It doesn’t discredit anything I said. Arguably, a civil govt will not impose upon piety, religion nor morality.
I realize many believe our morality will fall into the gutter without the force of law. Well, considering the law that’s facilitated over 50 million nascent deaths, as far as I’m concerned, the morality of law is not something we should bet our lives on, nor should we assign to the laws of God.
Considered unethical by who? The Left and Progressives? There is nothing in the Constitution prohibiting these actions by the states. The quote you cited originally has only to do with the Federal Government establishing a national religion like England. It has nothing to do with the states, which in most cases were founded by religious sects, setting up rules based on religious teachings. There is no separation of church and state in the Constitution either. It was a concept written about in one letter by Thomas Jefferson well after the Constitution was ratified.