Don't get into this kind of thing much but here goes. Todd I am a history buff and the problem our country's fathers had with religion was,it was ran by the same people that ran the country. Back then the church of England was ran by the King. The Piligrams were running the the church of England. That is the reason for the seperation of church and state. They never intended for prayers or other religious acts to be removed. They just did not want it running the country.