So if you go back to the First Amendment, it doesn't say separation of church, church and state. It says, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. But if you go back to the founding time, There were actually a number of states that had formally recognized churches [at the founding time]. So there was the Anglican Church of Virginia. That was the official state church of Virginia. Maryland at the time was the only majority Catholic colony, or at least had a significant Catholic representation of the original 13 colonies. (54:38–54:46)
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