Yep, they were 'grandfathered' in. --- These 'state churches' existed from Colonial days.
However, the fact that Utah was later refused Statehood until they abandoned their state approved religious establishments proves my point.
New 'establishments' were NOT to be part of a "Republican Form of Government", guaranteed to every State by Art. IV.
No they were not. The First Amendment was specifically crafted to protect state churches from the threat of a national church.
Yep that's more or less what Justice Thomas writes, here:
" The text and history of the Establishment Clause strongly suggest that it is a federalism provision intended to prevent Congress from interfering with state establishments."
By using the term "grandfathered" you are suggesting that these churches were allowed to operate with the states' blessings despite the fact that the constitution forbade them to do so, only because they so operated before the Constitution and were "grandfathered in."
Not so.
You are simply denying historical fact. -- Feel free to do so, but it makes your position look foolish.
Hillary Clinton would be very proud of your tyrannical nationalism. You liberaltarians are a bunch of terrorist-loving anarchist dope-fiends.
Whatever. Such silly comments belong in the backroom.
Your motivation is your ignorant and bigoted hatred of decent, moral, religious Americans.