Religion Quotes by David Barton

The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside…

— David Barton

There should be absolutely no 'Separation of Church and State' in America.

— David Barton

Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .

— David Barton

The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions.

— David Barton

The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity.

— David Barton

The Founders never intended to separate Christianity from government, only to keep a single denomination from running the nation.

— David Barton

It is evident from their writings that the Founding Fathers would never have tolerated the separation that we have embraced today. They…

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That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles…

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The Court explained the problem with his writings (People v. Ruggles. 1811.): an attack on Jesus Christ was an attack on Christianity;…

— David Barton

The Court abandoned the traditional constitutional meaning of 'religion' as a single denomination or system of worship and instead substituted a new…

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In the case Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court ruled that - under 'separation of church and state' - it was unconstitutional…

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To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of…

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In 1962 (Engel v. Vitale), the Supreme Court explained that the word 'church' would no longer mean a federally established denomination; it…

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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…

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“When the First Amendment was finally approved, it contained two separate clauses on religion, each with an independent scope of action. The…

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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…

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“Yet, if the phrase “separation of church and state” appears in no official founding document, then what is the source of that…

— David Barton