“Yet, if the phrase “separation of church and state” appears in no official founding document, then what is the source of that phrase? And how did it become so closely associated with the First Amendment? On October 7, 1801, the… — 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
![“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 the penalties of their behavior. … The Bible [is] right every time … and that’s why AIDS has been something they haven’t discovered a cure for or a vaccine for. … And that…” quote by David Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a6/david-barton-18163_aids_there-s-a-passage-that-i-love-in-romans_890071.jpg)
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