“...My maternal great grandma came to America for opportunities...”
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From where and when?
Thank God that tyranny is over.
In the New Awakening, the church and the state were the same.
If you didn't belong to it, members shunned your business and you.
You still had to pay taxes to the church/state.
Vermont and north western Pennsylvania were settled by people fleeing this insanity.
It is one of the main reasons for the amendment to Constitution says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".