The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity.

The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions.

To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of precedents from American history: taken from Church of the Holy Trinity v. U.S.; 143 U.S. 457-458 (1892).

The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside the four walls of the church.

That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government.

Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it is because of all the religious warnings Washington made in his 'Farewell Address.'