Constitution of South Carolina 1778, stated:

"We, the people of the State of South Carolina, ... grateful for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution." ¹

"Article XXXVIII.  That all persons and religious societies who acknowledge that there is one God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, and that God is publicly to be worshipped, shall be freely tolerated.... That all denominations of Christian[s]... in this State, demeaning themselves peaceably and faithfully, shall enjoy equal religious and civil privileges." ²

¹ 1778.  Benjamin Weiss, God in American History: A Documentation of America's Religious Heritage (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1966), p. 155.  Gary DeMar, The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision, Inc., 1993), p. 66.

² John J. McGrath, ed., Church and State in American Law: Cases and Materials (Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1962), p. 375.  David Barton, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: Wall Builder Press, 1991), p. 29.