[RegulatorCountry]

"All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" lays out general principles as spelled out more specifically in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was itself largely incorporated into the Constitution as The Bill of Rights in the form of Amendments, the First Amendment of which reads as follows: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[iowamark]

The Congress, i.e., the Federal government, could make no such law, but that did not restrict the state governments. Some states had established religions for several decades after the US Constitution was adopted.