quote fro james madison: James Madison is known as "The Chief Architect of the Constitution" because of his tireless work in its writing and adoption. In addition, he was one of the three authors of The Federalist Papers, served eight years in Congress, eight years as Secretary of State, and eight years as the fourth President of the United States. The following statement shows his thoughts of the relationship between Christianity and government: "Religion is the basis and foundation of government." With his intimate knowledge of the Constitution, he surely would have known if there was an intent to separate Christianity from the Constitution or from government. Yet he declared: "We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the whole future of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." Madison believed that the future of America rested not on the Constitution, but on the ability of every individual to conduct himself according to the Ten Commandments! So how can it be unconstitutional to display the Ten Commandments anywhere in public
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:35:54 +0000
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