History Lesson

One of the joys of having children is helping them study for tests. Today's study session was in American history...specifically the founding of our original 13 colonies. In the study session I was reminded of something that I had forgotten...something that many Americans apparently have forgotten.

From the Mayflower Compact:

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for
the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.

Emphasis mine. The 13 original colonies were founded by Puritans, religious separatists (Pilgrims), Quakers, Protestants, Catholics and other CHRISTIAN sects and Jews. They had all left Europe in order to have freedom to practice their religion in a freer manner than was allowed in Europe.

So the next time some liberal argues that the "Founding Fathers" were diest and not Christian per se, point them to the base of our US Constitution....The Mayflower Compact!