pish prayer on a nation whose religions are far more diverse now thin they were a century ago, these people threaten to excite exactly th, same passions the Constitution was meant to damp down. Both sives would do well to give more careful study to the foundations of the constitutional democracy they are so busily trying to alter.

RELIGION AND POLITICS

The Intentions of

the Authors of the First Amendment

Michael J. Malbin

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Washington, D.C.

pish prayer on a nation whose religions are far more diverse now th in they were a century ago, these people threaten to excite exactly the same passions the Constitution was meant to damp down. Both sives would do well to give more careful study to the foundations of the constitutional democracy they are so busily trying to alter.

RELIGION
AND POLITICS

The Intentions of

the Authors
of the First Amendment

Michael J. Malbin

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Washington, D.C.

Michael J. Malbin is resident journalist at the American Enterprise
Institute and a contributing editor to National Journal.

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