This clause is great for separating church and state, which ultimately, believe it or not, works in everyone's favor. The clause helps the government remain neutral on the issue of religion, which is how the government should function. If the government chose a religious side or a non-religious side, it would greatly influence the opposite side. This clause also allows American citizens to follow the religion they want without other religions influencing them in any way. In most cases religions do not want to purposely hurt or influence another person's religion. It is usually the government that corrupts religion by unfairly choosing sides and then forcing American citizens to do the same. During the 1750s and 1760s, evangelical Baptists and Presbyterians were becoming increasingly less willing to be limited by norms that worked in favor of the Church of England in the colony. They continued a fight for religious freedom that slowly began to challenge the centralized ecclesiastical establishment. This evidence shows that this particular clause was just as important as it was when it was first instituted. Even though American citizens are statistically no longer as religious as they once were, this clause keeps everything that has to do with government and religion separate and neutral from one another. The establishment clause should also remain the same. What