Reply #6: I am 70 years old this year. Until the 70s I do not remember churches

[jwirr]

that did not support the separation of church and state. These churches were the mainstream churches that have been in this country from the start and did not want to repeat the religious wars of Europe many of them had fled from.

What are called rw churches are a result of jerry falwell, and a collection of pentecostal cults that were mostly located in south that have infiltrated many of those mainstream churches. I do not remember any churches being involved in politics before the 70s with the exception of the Quakers who seemed to come down on the liberal side every time - anti-slavery, supporting Native American, women's rights, etc.