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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Aren't they the genesis of your beloved Separation of church and state?
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God forbid I actually look something up -- but I think not (at least not in the way you suggest).
IIRC, some of the Puritan colonies were not only quite religious, but near theocracies, in the 17th Century. Didn't they ban Catholics? Thus encouraging the settlement of what became Maryland, I think.
S_A_M
