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He is correct up to the point of what the two constitutional statements are about. They prohibited any religious test as a requirement for public office. This was because the religious tests of the time were tests of which denomination the person belonged to. The same goes for the establishment clause. That would have elevated one denomination over the others like in Europe and the earlier days of the colonies. If you read the Federalist Papers you will fined that this was not to make it a secular nation but a nation where all Christian denominations were equal. Thus not making us a secular nation but a nation inclusive of all Christian denominations. Prior to this all nations had a denomination as their selected denomination that was allowed to practice. Read your histories about why many groups came here to begin with. Also in the Federalist Papers it is stated that the constitution will fail if the country becomes a secular nation.

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