""It is understood that Christianity is practiced by a majority of US citizens, but the full clause in the Constitution reads ""Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . .".""

It's all in the interpretation Bill.

To you or me, free exercise means that we can practise our religion, whatever it may be, without fear of resistance, or reprisal.

To the fundamentalist Christian Right, it means that they can practise, proselytise, and persecute, until they either convert or marginalise others, and override the terms of the Constitution in attempting to coerce government into doing what they require.

It's what they do, and all in the name of Christ, who wouldn't have advocated, or endorsed, any of it.

So what else is new?
Don T.