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Judge Kent was a Federalist whacko who believed that Christianity was considered part of the common law of New York. However, no one else did. The offical records of the Ruggles case do not exist. We don't even know what Mr. Ruggles first name was or which court tried the case. Some...

How, as of 1787, was religion established by law in New York?

Most of the American people in 1787 believed that they had a natural right to render homage to their Creator as dictated by their conscience and conviction, and that they never surrendered that right to their state governments; and that they couldn't surrender it to their government even if they...

Dear ShoeshineBoy: What was the official Christian denomination of Rhode Island in 1787? FS

Dear ShoeshineBoy: The men who established our system of government also believed that the best way to see that "true religion" flourished in the American Republic was to establish a system of government that acknowledged the divine natural law of Separation of Church and State ordained by...

The Executive Religious Recommendations of Early U. S. Presidents Are Not Legitimate Legal Precedent For “Under God” in the Pledge The eight executive religious recommendations issued during the first twenty-eight years of the American Republic by three of its first four Presidents are...