re: #439 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Tossing this one out — re separation of church & state, and religious test

Historical context, ladies and gentlemen.

The Constitution was written only a little more than a century after the end of the English religious wars — the Glorious Revolution of 1688. It’s helpful to keep those wars and the Glorious Revolution in mind when discussing this subject.

The other thing to remember is that back then there were also many other offshoots, branches, and schisms within Christianity than the large consolidated churches you see today. There were even sailor’s churches, and subcults of sailor’s churches, along with some flavors that blended paganism with Christianity, somewhat like some versions of Catholic “Santaria” that you see in New Orleans and other places today.