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This Free Exercise Clause of the [[First Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]] began increasingly to be tested and interpreted by the judiciary in the late 19th century as a result of the increasing population of religious [[minorities]] in the United States.   

This Free Exercise Clause of the [[First Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]] began increasingly to be tested and interpreted by the judiciary in the late 19th century as a result of the increasing population of religious [[minorities]] in the United States.   

The various differences and contradictions between the founding documents such as the "Declaration of Independence", the "[[U.S. Constitution]]", the "[[Federalist Papers]]", and the many personal papers of the [[Founding Fathers]] has not helped to resolve the issue.

The various differences and contradictions between the founding documents such as the "[[Declaration of Independence]]", the "[[U.S. Constitution]]", the "[[Federalist Papers]]", and the many personal papers of the [[Founding Fathers]] has not helped to resolve the issue.

This is important to understand, as in recent decades,  the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] has re-interpreted this clause to represent an actual, "physical separation" of Religion from Government.  This "separation of Church and State" interpretation has become a continuing source of conflict in American society.  

This is important to understand, as in recent decades,  the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] has re-interpreted this clause to represent an actual, "physical separation" of Religion from Government.  This "separation of Church and State" interpretation has become a continuing source of conflict in American society.  

In America today,  what political party you join is often determined by your personal view of the relationship between "GOD and GOVERNMENT."    All other lesser social issues,  whether they be Abortion,  Euthanasia,  Freedom of Speech, etc.  are all subserviant in one way or another to an individuals' view of "GOD and GOVERNMENT."

In America today,  what political party you join is often determined by your personal view of the relationship between "GOD and GOVERNMENT."    All other lesser social issues,  whether they be Abortion,  Euthanasia,  Freedom of Speech, etc.  are all subserviant in one way or another to an individuals' view of "GOD and GOVERNMENT."

The [[Republican Party]] does not believe in a "physical separation" between Church and State.  The [[Democrat Party]] firmly believes in that "physical seperation."

The [[Republican Party]] does not believe in a "physical separation" between Church and State.  The [[Democrat Party]] firmly believes in that "physical separation."

It is the pre-imminent importance of this issue in American Life and Culture that causes this discussion to have so prominent a place on the main page of this encyclopedia's "United States of America" entry.

It is the pre-imminent importance of this issue in American Life and Culture that causes this discussion to have so prominent a place on the main page of this encyclopedia's "United States of America" entry.