I didn't misstate their intent, because I never stated it in the first place, other than to quote from the 1st Amendment. As to states establishing religion, you are correct at the founding, but the doctrine of incorporation through the 14th Amendment has since applied most of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as the federal government. So that is a moot point now.
I was trying to make the point that the Founders weren't perfect, nor were they even of one mind on every issue over constitutional interpretation. They failed to realize the implications of some of what they wrote, and contradicted the principles of what they wrote with laws that they passed (think of the Alien and Sedition Acts).
I maintain that it is wrong and a violation of the Establishment Clause for a religious majority, or even just a large block of religious minority voters without organized opposition, to get government to promote and support their religious viewpoint.
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