...favored Christianity. The US treaty with Tripoli, ratified in 1797, indicated that "the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion . . . ." But this statement had been surreptitiously inserted most likely by the free-thinking rationalist...

...Vitale) defense of the First Amendment Establishment Clause regarding school prayer. As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion. —The Treaty of Tripoli, Article II (1797), ratified unanimously by the US Senate comprised of a number...

...founding, but to simply negotiate a treaty that the Muslims would keep: As the [federal] 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 law, religion or tranquility of the Musselmen,-...

...187-201. 13. For example, in a treatise with Tripoli (now Libya), John Adams wrote that "the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." The treaty, with this wording, was ratified by more than two thirds of the US Senate and signed by...

...to understand the truth. I know I suspected something like that when I first read "As the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion..." as a quote from the Treaty With Tripoli. This treaty was prepared by George Washington and later consummated...

...prédations of pirates on American shipping) it stated in article 11 of that treaty: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..." and so on. The treaty was presented to the US Senate on May 26, 1797 and was unanimously adopted by...

...Tripoli, drafted in 1796 under George Washington and signed by John Adams in 1797: 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 tranquillity, of Musselmen;...

...sentence was punctuated in the original printing of the treaty for the Senate in 1797. 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 tranquillity of Mussulmen...

...controversy over the years about the religious foundations of national character. 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 Musselinen,...

...Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Monroe, in this context, made the statement: "...the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion [37C]..." [Emphasis added.] CIVIL WAR Though we revere their names, none of the Founding Fathers was...