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This portion of the First Amendment prevents the U.S. Government from favoring one religion over others.

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The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution states that the US may not make any laws "respecting an establishment of religion."

In essence, the US cannot pick a religion and make laws to such an effect.

The US does NOT have a national religion and was not founded as a Christian nation.

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