America is a nation that was founded on Christian principles
and anyone who espouses otherwise simply does not know History and the facts or
they are deliberately obfuscating the issue.
The vast majority of the founding fathers were Christian —and
these great men believed strongly in the freedom of Religion and believed that
the new nation should not sanction any one church; they specifically did not
want a “Church of England” type of monopoly on religion in the new republic
they were making. Of the 55 delegates to
attend the Constitutional Convention, 49 were Protestant and 2 were Roman
Catholic. (Franklin T Lambert. (2003). The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press)
The United States Constitution expressly speaks to the
importance of the free exercise of Religion in the First Amendment where it is
written “Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”
49 of the 50 state constitutions’ preambles prominently
refer to God. Read them all here
Our currency says “In God we Trust.”
Multiple Supreme Court Decisions uphold the legality and
constitutionality of the custom of legislative bodies engaging in pre-meeting
prayer.
Friday’s inauguration of President Trump featured multiple
ministers praying to and giving thanks to God.
During his speech, President Trump emphatically stated that “God will
protect America!”
We are a Christian nation, founded on Christian principles.
And even though the vast majority of Americans who practice
religion are Christian, as a nation we promote respect and tolerance
for those who believe and worship differently than the majority of us believe
and worship. This is part of the
reason we are the greatest nation in the world.
So even though a small, miniscule yet vocal minority locally
complains about prayer in public among public bodies as they proclaim such activity is unconstitutional -- what they say about this issue is misinformed
and untrue.
Pre-meeting prayer by the legislative body is legal and
constitutional.
We are tolerant and inclusive, whereas these anti-Christiansare neither tolerant nor inclusive.
I suppose most of these intolerant folks have not yet read
this decision out of the 4th Circuit. They should read it. They won’t like it.
