What about the States?
The material below, between the horizontal lines comes from the following website:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Anghis/roger173.htm (parts 12, 13, & 14) My comments in Blue
If there was to be a complete silence about God in government then He should never be mentioned, at least in a positive light in any government document. Let’s take a look at a few preambles to some of the States Constitutions”
Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy...
Georgia 1777, Preamble. We, the people of Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
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...
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....
South Carolina, 1778, Preamble. We, the people of the State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
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...
Virtually every State references God in a positive way. Mostly in gratitude for His protection, direction and the liberties that He has endowed us with. That is not evidence of men who believed that religion was to be kept out of the public eye. We must return to teaching this valuable history to our children because our public schools no long will.
It is obvious that any separation of church and state was meant to be keeping the government out of the church. William Penn said it very well when he stated “Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.”
Yeah keep on preaching, teaching, indoctrinating and revising History to say American was not a Nation based upon Christian principals, Love of Christ/God and respect for the same. Keep saying that Government was to completely separate God from anything to do with Government, buildings, property, etc. Keep fooling yourselves if it makes you feel good about it but FACTS and EVIDENCE prove you are totally WRONG and sadly mistaken. You're not happy enjoying what was provided you by Christian believers based upon Christian principals you want to CHANGE it because you just don't like it, you don't believe it therefore everyone has to change to conform to your desires or others like yourselves and you finally achieved getting enough activist judges in place to effect the changes you wanted. Change though doesn't effect History and historical record so you just don't teach it.
As Patrick Henry stated it
“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.”
I don't know about activist Judges, the Supreme Court, or your own personal interpretation and revisionist History but I will take the words of someone who was intimately knowledgeable and knew the authors of the document that has been so abused.
Bill we may be a minority of opinion in this forum but at least we do have history and the founding fathers on our side. I'm sure though that they will find some way to ignore Patrick Henry's Quote/Comment and write him out of History also. TOO BAD that they don't teach what he said in History Class today or print it in our History Books or put the quote on the classroom wall along with Give me liberty or Give me Death!. Why? Well that would be a "violation of the First Amendment" Separation of Church and State. Oh the Irony. Sad is the condition our Generation has allowed the degradation of our educational system to get to. Who is it that is forcing their opinion and belief on people now? Much worse on Children.