(December 17, 2013 at 4:45 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: The establishment clause was intended to prevent an official state religion and religious tests for office holders. It has nothing to do with expressing favors or promotion of religion. If it did the early Congress would not have printed bibles for distribution.
The Constitution is the beginning of our law, not the end of it. You won't find a right to a fair trial or a right to vote in it, either.
Although the early Congress was often at odds with the framers on separation of religion and government, but you shouldn't get your historical information from David Barton. For one thing, he's not an historian and for another he's a liar.
The Aitken Bible story is modern mythology, the early Congress didn't print any Bibles for distribution, though I don't doubt the modern one would if they thought they could get away with it.
Not that I expect finding out Congress didn't print those Bibles will have any effect on your opinion.