Quote:laid the foundations of a state wherein every man through countless ages should have liberty to worship God in his own way.
Er, excuse me but xtians in Europe had been merrily slaughtering each other for centuries in the name of "uniformity." That's what the constitution was written to avoid.
Besides, Massachusetts was only one colony. Most of the others were founded as commercial interests. One was originally envisioned as a penal colony although that never materialized.