>>”They also had their own standing army...”<<
Unlike the Catholics?
Read more History.
WOW!
However apples and oranges, there has never been a Catholic or any other religious army in the US that rivaled the US military on its own soil, nor count among its members those who had threatened government officials or attack wagon trains and settlers...
I know, details details...
BTW, telling me to read History, man that's funny...