These divisions were later amplified by the difference between Christianity as a
form of state religion, which came to be identified with Europe, and the free churches, which would find their home in North America.
Our unanimous affirmance of the Court of Appeals» judgment concerning 16 -1-20.1 [Alabama's prayer law] makes it unnecessary to comment at length on the district court's remarkable conclusion that the federal Constitution imposes no obstacle to Alabama's
establishment of a state religion.