People should have the freedom to pick their own religion and not be forced to be what ever religion is mandated by the government.
The movement to separate church and state during the writing of the new state constitutions was most successful in Virginia. Virginia was the 10th U.S. state.
To guarantee freedom of and from religion.
Yes.
In Great Britain, there is primarily one state church: the Church of England, which is the established church in England. Additionally, the Church of Scotland is recognized as the national church in Scotland, but it is not a state church in the same sense as the Church of England. Wales does not have an established church, as the Church in Wales is a separate entity that operates independently of the state.
That the laws of the church and state should be separate. (NovaNET)
It served to separate church and state
The most prominent example today is in schools, but this is also prominent in courtrooms.
the government should stay completly out of religion
They got their name because they wanted to be separate from the church.
Theocracy. It was clearly defined by the founders of the United States that church and state would be separate entities; unlike England.
Government should stay completely out of religion.
You cannot. They may have been good when they existed, as they sought to separate the church from state.