The national government was powerless over religious matters, except in assuring there was no national establishment and in guaranteeing the free exercise of religion. As mentioned above, however, the various States gradually removed the formal religious establishments from their governing systems. This is where we are today. We are a Christian nation with an informal relationship between religion and government. We cross the line when we try to re-establish the formal relationship that once existed in America.
Nobody desires to have either a State or a federal establishment of religion.
This is not apart of the Christian political agenda. However, there are those who have this fear. Essentially, this pastor was saying that the Christian Coalition is trying to formally establish Christianity as the religion of America. The agenda of this particular political group does not support the pastor's contention. This pastor has accepted the idea that morality and religion are synonymous.