The need for a separation between church and state dates back to ancient Greece and Rome. Whether it's the trial of Socrates or the persecution of Christians, many of the world's greatest injustices have come from combining one's belief system with the laws of its government. john Locke stressed the importance of not allowing the State to combine religion and state law by explaining that man is entitled to authority over his individual conscience, and the State has no power to supersede that authority.
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.
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.
You cannot. They may have been good when they existed, as they sought to separate the church from state.
The Pilgrims and the Puritans both wanted to separate from the Church of England.
People should have the freedom to pick their own religion and not be forced to be what ever religion is mandated by the government.