The Court explained the problem with his writings (People v. Ruggles. 1811.): an attack on Jesus Christ was an attack on Christianity;… — David Barton Copy Share Image
In 1962 (Engel v. Vitale), the Supreme Court explained that the word 'church' would no longer mean a federally established denomination; it… — David Barton Copy Share Image
In the case Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court ruled that - under 'separation of church and state' - it was unconstitutional… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The 1947 Court (Everson v. Board of Education) for the first time had used only Jefferson's metaphor - completely divorced from its… — David Barton Copy Share Image
In 1965, in Reed v. Van Hoven, a court determined (237 F.Supp. 48. W.D.Mich. 1965.) that it was permissible for students to… — David Barton Copy Share Image
In 1967, in DeKalb v. DeSpain, a court (255 F.Supp. 655. N.D.Ill. 1966.) took a 4-line nursery rhyme used by a K-5… — David Barton Copy Share Image
To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Court abandoned the traditional constitutional meaning of 'religion' as a single denomination or system of worship and instead substituted a new… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity. — David Barton Copy Share Image
“Another aspect of behavior directly impacted by the removal of religious principles was morality. Recall that both George Washington and Fisher Ames had warned… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Court explained the problem with his writings (People v. Ruggles. 1811.): an attack on Jesus Christ was an attack on Christianity; and an… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions. — David Barton Copy Share Image
There’s a passage that I love in Romans 1. … [I]t talks about homosexuality and it says that they will receive in their bodies… — David Barton Copy Share Image
It is interesting to note that during the last ten years Washington's 'Farewell Address' has begun to reappear in college textbooks - minus the… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Founders never intended to separate Christianity from government, only to keep a single denomination from running the nation. — David Barton Copy Share Image
That's exactly what made America so different, we don't have that colonial aspect of let's go conquer somebody else and make our nation bigger… — David Barton Copy Share Image
“It’s interesting that many of the best instructors in early America were Scottish Presbyterians. As historian George Marsden affirmed, “[I]t is not much of… — David Barton Copy Share Image
“I have never seen a contemporary history book that informs students that witch trials were also occurring across the world at that time with… — David Barton Copy Share Image
Literacy is part of everyday social practice - it mediates all aspects of everyday life. Literacy is always part of something else - we… — David Barton Copy Share Image
