The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity.
David BartonAnd you get Thomas Paine, who's the least religious Founding Father saying, you've got to teach creation science in the classroom. Scientific method demands that.
David BartonIt is evident from their writings that the Founding Fathers would never have tolerated the separation that we have embraced today. They knew that religious principles provided morality and self-control - the lifeblood for the survival of any self-governing community.
David BartonWe do have a Godly heritage in America, but we have been robbed - robbed by the 3 percent.
David BartonThe Court explained the problem with his writings (People v. Ruggles. 1811.): an attack on Jesus Christ was an attack on Christianity; and an attack on Christianity was an attack on the foundation of the country; therefore, an attack on Jesus Christ was equivalent to an attack on the country!
David Barton