Religion in the public square

Legatus Magazine: “Around the time of the American Revolution, several states had official state religions. According to [Joe Infranco], ADF’s senior vice president, the First Amendment was written to prohibit the establishment of an official religion at the federal level and to prohibit the federal government’s interference in states’ religious activity. Eventually, the First Amendment’s so-called ‘Establishment Clause’ was expanded to all levels of government — local, state and federal. … ‘The National Day of Prayer is voluntary,’ [Sears] said. ‘No one is forced to pray — just like no one is forced to do Thanksgiving or Christmas — yet those are national holidays.’”