This country was founded on the idea of freedom to exercise your religion of choice. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
According to Roman law, every religion had to get permission to exercise its religion from the government and it should be recognized by the state. (religion-online.org)
In Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, MO. v. Comer, the court ruled 7 - 2 that the state of Missouri violated a church's right to freely exercise religion by denying it a state - funded grant to improve the church's preschool playground. (edsource.org)