Church and State

[das_atheist]

Again, it isn't a question of respecting a religion, or even respecting a religious establishment (noun).  It is a prohibition against respecting the establishment (verb) or the installation of a State religion.

Boru

This is how lawyers interpret the clause.

This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion, or non-religion over religion.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/establishment_clause

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As for scandal, state departments get those too. Sure we expect more from the Churches/Mosques/Temples but the public services get their own share of creeps too.

At least we can vote out the public employees. We have no vote when it comes to the church.