The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT was the middle ground. Many of the states had state religions. They explicitly did not want to enact a federal religion for fear of inflicting upon the states some religious mandates. The Founders were A-OK with states establishing their own religions.
> since independence
After independence, the soldiers of the revolution were begging Washington to take the crown and become the first king of America.
The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT was the middle ground BETWEEN the states. It didn't mandate a religion because the states were doing it themselves! They didn't want the debate about which church should be the state church to enter into the debate on federal issues. They wanted each state to chart its own course.
The idea of pluralism came a lot later after the Constitution was ratified. Or rather, was ADOPTED a lot later. The constitution never forbade state religions nor mandated it.
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-135/blasphemy-and-the-original-meaning-of-the-first-amendment/#footnote-ref-30
Also, there unarguably is no such thing as secular.
No amount of false conversion can take the Judaism out of the jew, even if the jew says he is atheist.
No amount of assimilation can take the islam out of the Arab, even if the arab claims otherwise.
No amount of subversion can take the pagan out of the European, even if the European 100% believes himself to be a Christian.
Niggers, abbos, injuns, and jeets have no true religion, similar to how animals have no true religion.
Animals have a type of low religion, a religion of savagery and tribalism.
Same thing for the groups you mentioned.
The true religion of the nigger is being a nigger.
But that's ok, atheists are pretty much wrong about everything all teh time anyway.
NO NO NO
The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT was the middle ground. Many of the states had state religions. They explicitly did not want to enact a federal religion for fear of inflicting upon the states some religious mandates. The Founders were A-OK with states establishing their own religions.
> since independence
After independence, the soldiers of the revolution were begging Washington to take the crown and become the first king of America.
The idea of pluralism came a lot later after the Constitution was ratified. Or rather, was ADOPTED a lot later. The constitution never forbade state religions nor mandated it.