One of the many amazing things included in the Constitution is the First Amendment, which includes the free exercise of religion. Religious persecution has been such a huge problem for much of history all throughout the world. Once America established the free exercise of religion into the Constitution, other countries began to follow our model. The Founding Fathers knew that religious persecution was a huge issue for Americans at the time. Many Americans had left their countries in order to escape religious persecution, or had faced some sort of religious discrimination so they knew that they would have to create a government that would neither have a state endorsed religion, or write its laws on any religious edicts. As a result, the Bill
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Christianity was prevalent in all of American society. One aspect Christianity has changed in America is in public schools. In 1962, in Engel v. Vitale, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against state-sponsored prayer in schools. Soon Americans noted that it was unconstitutional to have public schools have school sponsored prayers. Since Americans believe in a wide variety of beliefs, it was decided that it was not appropriate for the government to endorse any one specific belief system. They noted that wars, and persecutions, often occurred in the past when the government involved itself in religious affairs.
Many people have called the United States a Christian nation, and while this is true in the sense that the majority of Americans are Christians, our government has no official religion, and advocates the separation of it in its government. The reason our founding fathers did this was not because they did not like religion, but because they knew that governments with an official religion could cause much danger to the American people. In 1797, the United States Senate confirmed this with a treaty with Tripoli that
Christianity was prevalent in all of American society. One aspect Christianity has changed in America is in public schools. In 1962, in Engel v. Vitale, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against state-sponsored prayer in schools. Soon Americans noted that it was unconstitutional to have public schools have school sponsored prayers. Since Americans believe in a wide variety of beliefs, it was decided that it was not appropriate for the government to endorse any one specific belief system. They noted that wars, and persecutions, often occurred in the past when the government involved itself in religious affairs.
Many people have called the United States a Christian nation, and while this is true in the sense that the majority of Americans are Christians, our government has no official religion, and advocates the separation of it in its government. The reason our founding fathers did this was not because they did not like religion, but because they knew that governments with an official religion could cause much danger to the American people. In 1797, the United States Senate confirmed this with a treaty with Tripoli that