Founding Fathers

Dear Mr. Webster,

“No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” JQ Public

Dear JQ Public,

“We are not to attribute this prohibition of a national religious establishment to an indifference to religion in general, and especially to Christianity which none could hold in more reverence than the framers of the Constitution.” J. Story

Dear Mr. Story,

“We hold sacred the rights of conscience, and may promise to the whole people, solemnly in our name, the free and undisturbed exercise of their religion.” R. Sherman

Dear Mr. Sherman,

“With a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” Signors