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Let's say that all the Deist/agnostic/atheist members of the Founding Fathers are struck by the memories of the Salem Witch Trials and other such times when religion got out of hand, and they want to make doubly sure that nothing even remotely similar could ever happen in the new country they were constructing. So here's how they construct a certain section of the First Amendment:

"...freedom of, or if desired, from religion..."

They tell their faithful brethren that these words were chosen to make it as hard as possible for those of another faith (such as the "Mohammedans") to inflict their rules on "good Christians." They accept this reasoning and the amendment is accepted.

How does this affect the legal and cultural landscape in the US down the line?
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