The original Constitution said absolutely nothing about religion. The Founding Fathers had seen enough theistic states in Europe to repeat the error over here. The First Amendment added only this:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
And that's it. America has never had any "official" religion, despite what many believe.
So here's Scalia speaking last week at Colorado Christian University:
"I think the main fight is to dissuade Americans from what the secularists are trying to persuade them to be true -- that the separation of church and state means that the government cannot favor religion over non-religion."
No surprise, but in Scalia's interpretation of the First Amendment, government should favor religion. This is about as far from originalism as one can get, but Scalia doesn't give a shit. His personal beliefs trump everything else, and if you don't like it, he flips you the figurative bird:
"What can they do to me? I have life tenure," Scalia said. "It's even better than academic tenure."
Jeez!! The sooner this Reagan-appointed troglodyte leave the bench, the better!
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