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  • The Anglican Church, if you go to Britain, the Church of England is the state church.

    American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword 1996

  • In New Hampshire, at that period, the Federalists were the ruling party, and the Congregationalists formed the state church.

    Daniel Webster Henry Cabot Lodge 1887

  • In New Hampshire, at that period, the Federalists were the ruling party, and the Congregationalists formed the state church.

    Daniel Webster Lodge, Henry Cabot 1883

  • Church, which, with respect to the clergy reserves and other matters, was seeking a _quasi_ recognition as a state church.

    Lord Elgin John George Bourinot 1869

  • But the one thing I'd say for Kroto is that the situation is different in the UK, with a state church.

    Planet Atheism 2008

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