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virtue of the first amendment to the constitution, they ensured that no bond was forged between the government and religion.
Mr. Eborn quotes George Washington as saying, “It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.” I ran a Google search to see the quotation in its context. The search revealed the following:; “Washington is known to have made some official statements of public piety; but this is not one of them—as any search of the documents would reveal.”
He then tries his hand at the politician's old favorite, the rhetorical question. He asks, “Do you really suppose that in 1776 freedom of religion was about WHAT religion you practiced? Or, do you suppose it was about the freedom to worship the God of Abraham as one saw fit?” Obviously, he believes the response to question one should be ‘a resounding, “No.” And that the answer to question two should be a hearty,”You betcha." He is wrong. The correct answer to question one is, “Yes.” The word “religion” in the question speaks to any and all forms of worship. It is inclusive and subsumes question number two. Question two is exclusive. It limits
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