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Sorry Jeff, that analysis doesn't hold up.
Look at the writings and show me where the Founding Fathers were NOT worried about a state sponsored religion. That is THE essential thing in “separation of church and state”. Why did one of them write a version of the bible that deliberately left out all reference to god? That hardly sounds like freedom of religion, but it sure as hell sounds like freedom from religion! A study of European history will reveal that the church and state were combined in Europe. And that's what the Founding Fathers wanted to prevent here and did so (up until Bush II).

You are misinterpreting the point of my post concerning different religions in Europe. Many groups fled religious persecution by going to different European countries, more (groups and numbers) than came here for that reason (look it up). So, in fact, it was a viable option to go to a different European country to be able to practice your religion. The vast majority who came to the New World were adventurous, re-inventing, profit seeking people that saw an opportunity and took advantage of it. Not prosecuted religious folk. Please see the commercial enterprise bylaws that form the commercial interest heart of most of the settlements in the New World.