If your U.S. Constitution was to say that the church and state were separate (which it does not), then how would you explain these statements:
George Washington: “Do not let anyone claim to be a true American, do not let them claim the tribute of American Patriotism if they ever attempt to remove religion from politics. If they do that, they cannot be called true Americans.”
Patrick Henry: “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.”
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay: “Providence has given to our people the choice of our rulers and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for its rulers.”
John Quincy Adams: “The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: That it connected in one insoluble bond the principles of Christianity with the principles of civil government.”
James Madison, 1788: “We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future … upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to sustain ourselves, according to the Ten Commandments of God.”
George Washington, October 3, 1789 proclaiming a National Day of Prayer: “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly to implore His protection, aid and favors …”
George Mason, 1789: “All human laws which contradict His laws, we are bound in conscience to disobey.”
The Supreme Court of Maryland in 1799: “By our form of Government, the Christian religion is the established religion” (A confession of a government established religion, eight years AFTER the 1st Amendment supposedly separated church from state.)
John Quincy Adams, 1821: “The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond, the principles of Christianity, from the day of the Declaration … they were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of the Gospel, which they nearly all acknowledged as the rules of their conduct.”
Noah Webster: “The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evil men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.”
President Andrew Jackson, 1845: “The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests.”
The US Supreme Court in 1892 in the case Church of the Holy Trinity vs. the U.S.: “Our law and our institutions must be necessarily based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise, and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian … This is a religious people. This is historically true. From the discovery of this continent to the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation … We find everywhere a clear recognition of the same truth … THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION.”
That’s right! One Hundred and One years after the 1st Amendment supposedly separated church from state, the Supreme Court said the U.S. is a Christian nation.
Don’t let people brainwash you into thinking otherwise with false historical data or slanted quotes showing one direction from our forefathers. There is so much information/fact behind the few quotes that are here, this is indesputable. Unless, of course, you’re an atheist or a socialist scumbag who really believes that a country shouldn’t allow freedom OF religion.
Having had this long history, I think it’s a shame that people are turning their backs on it, trying to make us another secular nation like France or worse.
Ah, but that’s before today’s liberals and the ACLU and the A-holes United for Separation of ChurchStates got ahold of the Constitution and started wiping their rears with it.
And before today’s ruling elite decided that they knew what was best for everyone else and declared themselves above the law. I support getting rid of all laws and “precedents” and starting over with JUST the Constitution.
And yes, I know I’m dreaming, but it is a GOOD dream!!!
From my English To Liberal dictionary:
Seperation of Church and State: A constitutional right guaranteeing teaching condom use and homosexuality in the classroom to your 5 year old and keeping those Christ O’ Facists’ mouths shut.
Just thought I’d share that.
greeeaat post! All night I’ve been reading Liberal whining and BS about this and that, and its SO refreshing to find a blog with good, INSIGHTFUL views that actually are well thought out, and not the typical “Impeach Bush, Bush sucks!” garbage that are literally cut and paste entries off everyone elses blogs.
Anyway, sorry for the rant, let me get back to reading your entries
Well done though, and I look forward to reading more!