My Opinion on Government-Religious Controversy

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13. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…

That is the "separation of church and state." It means that Congress can't establish a state religion, and Congress can't prevent anyone in the U.S. from worshiping as they choose.

In other words it is a constitutionally protected right in the U.S. to be Christian, Muslim, Hindi, Jewish, pagan, Wiccan or whatever you choose, and nobody can make that illegal.

At the same time, the government can't say that any religion is the official state religion.