Sep C&S History Lessons #38
JULY 30. 1788
NORTH CAROLINA RATIFYING CONVENTION
Mr. WILSON wished that the Constitution had excluded Popish priests
from offices. As there was no test required, and nothing to govern
them bu honor, the latter would fly before the former.
(SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Wed. July 30, 1788. North Carolina State
Constitutional Ratifying Convention debates--THE DEBATES IN THE
SEVERAL STATE CONVENTIONS
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AS RECOMMENDED BY THE
GENERAL CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA IN 1787, VOL IV, by Jonathan Elliot
J. B. Lippincott Company 1888. Pages 212)
JULY 30, 1788
NORTH CAROLINA RATIFYING CONVENTION
MR. LANCASTER. As to a religious test, had the article which excludes
it provided none but what had been in the states heretofore, I would
not have objected to it. It would secure religion. Religious liberty
ought to be provided for. I acquiesce with the Gentleman, who spoke,
on this point, my sentiments better than I could have done myself. For
my part, in reviewing the qualifications necessary for a president, I
did not suppose that the pope could occupy the President's chair. But
let us remember that we form a government for millions not yet in
existence. I have not the art of divination. In the curse of four or
five hundred years, I do not know how it will work. This is most
certain, that Papists may occupy that chair, and Mahometans may take
it. I see nothing against it. There is a disqualification, I believe,
in every state in the Union - it ought to be so in this system.
(SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Wed. July 30, 1788. North Carolina State
Constitutional Ratifying Convention debates--THE DEBATES IN THE
SEVERAL STATE CONVENTIONS
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AS RECOMMENDED BY THE
GENERAL CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA IN 1787, VOL IV, by Jonathan Elliot
J. B. Lippincott Company 1888. Pages 215)
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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