Civil Liberties | The Constitution’s Framers Did Not Intend Strict Separation of Church and State

About the author: Matthew D. Staver is founder and president of the Liberty Counsel, a religious civil liberties education and legal defense organization established to preserve religious freedom.

This country was established upon the assumption that religion was essential to good government. On July 13, 1787, the Continental Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance, which stated: “Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged.” The First Amendment...

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