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I propose a strict interpretation of the First Amendment---that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.  This is a constitutional restriction upon Congress.  However, it makes no mention of what a State can do.  In a world in a reality in which the establishment clause did not exist in state constitutions, could a particular state's electorate vote an approval of the state's expense to fund a religious school?  Should those from whom tax revenue is collected have the right to direct the way in which that revenue is spent?  The Deistic Founders' hostility to religion was an expression of their Freemasonry (and I write this as a former Mason), and it found its way into the Constitution.  The Founders were not perfect in their various opinions; consider how one of them declared that all people are created equal, and yet practiced chattel slavery---the poisoned fruits of which allowed him the leisure to become a vocal opponent of the British Crown.