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Christian amendment describes any of several attempts to amend a country's constitution in order to officially make it a Christian state.. In the United States, the most significant attempt to amend the United States Constitution by inserting explicitly Christian ideas and language began during the American Civil War and was spearheaded by the National Reform Association.
Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and the idea is energizing some conservative and Republican activists. No. What does the Constitution say about religion?
Christian Nationalists sometimes claim their beliefs are echoed in the Constitution and American law. They claim the Founding Fathers didn’t want a “wall of separation between church and state.”
The Province of Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers, but the colony never had an established church. [citation needed] The Province of New Jersey, without official religion, had a significant Quaker lobby, but Calvinists of all types also had a presence. [citation needed] West Jersey, also founded by Quakers, prohibited any establishment.
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims]; and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Mohammedan] nation, it is declared ...
The U.S. Constitution doesn’t mention Christianity or any specific religion. ... Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has proclaimed that America is and was founded as a Christian nation and ...
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen ,—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties ...
Considering that the U.S. Constitution makes no such claim, one wonders where Blaine Conzatti got his information. Most of the principal founders (e.g., Madison, Jefferson, Washington, Paine ...