John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© September 27, 2026
For the those Americans who are interested in our Founding Fathers Originalist thinking on the Constitution than Left-Wing transformist Living Constitution thinking, I reprise the FIRST Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Freedom of the Press portion has been in News lately due to President Trump trying to restrict FAKE NEWS adversarial liars access to the White House. A Federal Judge recently ruled in favor of the FAKE NEWS. This just another indication America’s Judicial Branch is compromised because restricting access to treasonous liars does NOT abridge the Press ability to report truth or even opinions.
I just mention the Free Press issue because of the current News cycle. My focus today is a look at what is known as the Establishment Clause of the FIRST Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
The Originalist interpretation was correctly followed until the mid-20th century. Namely, Congress cannot establish a State religion. AND specifically the Founders’ thinking was Congress cannot Establish a State Christian Church. Many of the original 13 States had recognized State Churches (SEE HERE, HERE & HERE). The FIRST Amendment did NOT end the practice of those Sovereign States. Each of those States with an Established Church eventually on their own abolished that practice. ERGO ORIGINALLY the Establishment Clause was restricted to the Federal Government.
ALSO the Originalist thinking was to keep the Federal Government out of religion (specifically the Christian Church), but NOT keep Christianity out of Government.
In 1962 the Supreme Court decided to change 172 years of law (U.S. Constitution became the law of the land March 4, 1789) in the USA beginning with Prayer in Public School. The 1962 SCOTUS ruling began a Living Constitution attack against Christianity having a place or an influence in Government. AND NOT just the Federal Government but also imposed on every level of government in the USA – Federal, State and Local.
I am certain the Founding Fathers involved framing the Constitution are rolling in their graves over how Judicial Activism has restricted the influence of Christianity on the moral integrity in government on all levels of governance.
Do you realize this Church-State tyranny stretches to your local Church? If your Pastor, Priest or Evangelist endorses or promotes a Godly candidate for political Office; that the Internal Revenue Service can be employed to remove that Ministry’s tax deductible status? So, sure their religious opinion can be expressed at the cost of their Charitable tax deductible status. THAT FRIENDS IS THE EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENT TYRANNY to keep Christianity out of Government.
Probably the only peaceful path to restoring Constitutional balance on how Church and State was originally conceived is a Constitutional Amendment. SADLY, in America’s current state of division, such an Amendment to the Constitution restoring Christian preeminence will not happen.
I’m approaching age 70 in November. And I’m a bit of a student of history (BA in History 1982). I perceive the only thing that will rectify America’s current state of division is one side or the other of the divide achieving a civil war victory. AND in this day and age, such a civil war will encourage America’s enemies without to take advantage. For example: I can see a CCP-ruled China siding with the American Left to transform the USA into a vassal Communist state under Communist China. I do not see any foreign power providing aid to American Patriots standing for the Originalist Constitution and the influence of Christianity.
An American Civil War could truly usher in the Last Days of the final battle between a Returning Jesus the Messiah and the Antichrist forces of Satan. Hmm…
Matthew 24: 7-10, 30-31 (NKJV):
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, [a]pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [a]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
PUT YOUR THINKING CAPS ON: Constitution & Bible:
o The Fallacy of Seperation (sic) Of Church And State; park.org (circa 1996)
o How Is This Separation Of Church And State? By Bill White; Survivopedia; NO DATE
o Separation of Church And State: Not What You Think It Is; By Kyle Buckley; The Blind Libertarian; 11/14/19
o Engel Was Grievously Wrong and Should Be Overruled; By Thomas H. Bickel; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy; 3/2/23
o Why Americans won’t stop debating the separation of church and state: Trump’s recent comments on religious freedom were polarizing, but battles over the establishment clause predate his presidency; By Kelsey Dallas; Deseret News; 5/3/25 9:00 p.m. MDT
o Church-state separation rightly understood: “A free church in a free state” has, historically, not implied that secularism is neutral; By Nathan A. Finn; wgn.org; 4/21/26
JRH 9/27/26
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