The subject of the role of religion in the Socio-Political Sphere has been visited often in the last thirty years or so, usually as the result of Atheistic/ Humanist /Progressive protestations of outrage at any mention whatsoever of a Supreme Being in any Public discussion.

The A.C.L.U. has often led the fight in the courts for the precept of "there being absolutely no room for any religious thought, precept or even MENTION of same in the Public Arena." Many times activist Judges have used their good offices in promulgating/promoting that same view into the Law. And as is noted in the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers DID (RIGHTLY) decree that there should never be a State established Religion, stating in part: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.."
The Secularists have taken that statement to mean that the precepts of Religion have no place in the Public sphere, but did the Founders really mean that to be the case? Personally, I don't believe so. I believe that they wished all men to be free to let their religious convictions to be their personal guide in public concourse, but with no singular religion to be forced upon anyone.

Not all the Founding Fathers were Christian, but every single one of them DID believe in a Supreme Being of some type, and that Being had endowed every Human being with certain Rights by virtue of simple existence. That was the truly singular revolutionary idea behind the American Revolution; that Humans had rights by virtue of simply being CREATED Human by a Higher Being. They also believed that every single Human had the right to believe (or not believe) in that Higher Power in any way they wished to without coercion or favor.
WITHOUT that singular belief, this country would never have been created in the form it was in the first place, as there would have been no authority to establish, as the FF's stated in the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed..."

That was the revolutionary idea here; that Men were created with innate rights, and that they held the power to constitute a government to secure those rights, and that the power was to flow FROM the People TO the Government rather than in the reverse , which was the standard order of the period.

Such a system cannot succeed without a general consensus of the People believing in a Higher Power of some sort, for without that unassailable moral authority, sooner or later the system will break down.

The A.C.L.U. and the activist Courts have been denigrating that Higher Moral Authority for at least the last thirty years, and we have demonstrably suffered for it.

As John Adams notably said on October 11, 1798 :

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

The governments of EVERY state in the Union acknowledged a Higher Power/Being in the preambles of their own State Constitutions. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

After reviewing these acknowledgments of God by ALL 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that just MAYBE, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong!

(Please note that at no time is anyone told that they MUST worship God.)

'Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.' - William Penn

God Bless America!!!!!

Do you know the Preamble for your state? Here are the Preambles of all 50 States in alphabetical order and the year in which they were ratified:

Alabama 1901, Preamble: We the people of the State of Alabama, Invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution...

Alaska 1956, Preamble: We, the people of Alaska, Grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land...

Arizona 1911, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Arizona, Grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...

Arkansas 1874, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Arkansas, Grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...

California 1879, Preamble: We, the People of the State of California, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...

Colorado 1876, Preamble: We, the people of Colorado, With profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe...

Connecticut 1818, Preamble: The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy...

Delaware 1897, Preamble: Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences....

Florida 1885, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution....

Georgia 1777, Preamble: We, the people of Georgia, Relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...

Hawaii 1959, Preamble: We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance ... Establish this Constitution...

Idaho 1889, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings....

Illinois 1870, Preamble: We, the people of the state of Illinois, grate full to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors...
( Too bad you don't prescribe to your "native State's" precepts Obama!)

Indiana 1851, Preamble: We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government...

Iowa 1857, Preamble: We, the People of the State of Iowa, Grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuance of those blessings...

Kansas 1859, Preamble: We, the people of Kansas, Grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges...

Kentucky 1891, Preamble: We, the people of the Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties...

Louisiana 1921, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy...

Maine 1820, Preamble: We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity. And imploring His aid and direction... .

Maryland 1776, Preamble: We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...

Massachusetts 1780, Preamble: We...the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction...

Michigan 1908, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Michigan, Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom....

Minnesota, 1857, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Minnesota, Grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings...

Mississippi 1890, Preamble: We, the people of Mississippi In convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work....

Missouri 1845, Preamble: We, the people of Missouri, With profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness. Establish this Constitution. ..

Montana 1889, Preamble: We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty.....

Nebraska 1875, Preamble: We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom....

Nevada 1864, Preamble: We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...

New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V: Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience....

New Jersey 1844, Preamble: We, the people of the state of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors... .

New Mexico 1911, Preamble: We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty....

New York 1846, Preamble: We, the people of the State of New York, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings... .

North Carolina 1868, Preamble: We the people of the state of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those...

North Dakota 1889, Preamble: We, the people of North Dakota, Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...

Ohio 1852, Preamble: We the people of the state of Ohio, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common...

Oklahoma 1907, Preamble: Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty....

Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I Section 2: All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences...

Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble: We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance...

Rhode Island 1842, Preamble: We the People of the state of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing...

South Carolina, 1778, Preamble: We, the people of the State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties...

South Dakota 1889, Preamble: We, the people of South Dakota, Grateful to Almighty God for our civil a and religious liberties... .

Tennessee 1796, Art. XI.III.: That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience.. .

Texas 1845, Preamble: We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.....

Utah 1896, Preamble: Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty....

Vermont 1777, Preamble: Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man...

Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI: Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other ....

Washington 1889, Preamble: We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties...

West Virginia 1872, Preamble: Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia Reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ...

Wisconsin 1848, Preamble: We, the people of Wisconsin, Grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility. ..

Wyoming 1890, Preamble: We, the people of the State of Wyoming, Grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties... ..

Think about sending this list to your congressman or congress woman the next time you hear any public Progressive historical revisionist blathering about how we have "a total separation of Church and State with no Public references to God allowed under the Constitution."

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