The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions.
David BartonThe Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity.
David BartonThat'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 and that's because of the faith element.
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 BartonThat wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government.
David BartonWhen you put ungodly people in office you put ungodly principles in office. God can't bless ungodly principles therefore God can't bless you for promoting ungodly principles. If you put Godly people in office you put Godly in office God can bless Godly principles therefore he can bless you for promoting Godly principles.
David Barton