In spite of the fact that the religious majority in America at the time was overwhelmingly Christian, George Washington came down not hard but deftly for separation of church and state.

How George Washington championed freedom for Jews, Catholics, and other religious minorities I n 1790, the United States of America was a new nation, but Moses Seixas was already living what would ...

George Washington’s faith is a topic of debate, often used to support the idea that the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation. This video unpacks historical evidence, exploring Washington’s ...

Washington’s words are as applicable today — perhaps even more so — as they were those 237 years ago. He wrote that “all possess alike liberty of conscience.” ...

The sale of a 230-year-old letter in which America’s first president speaks of “Providence” guiding the fledgling republic’s affairs has rekindled interest in how George Washington saw ...

A while back you said that George Washington “did not believe that it was a good idea to be very public about religious matters or to force one’s beliefs on others, but in his personal life ...

On the contrary, Washington’s actual belief on the proper place of religion in government was much more expansive. In his Farewell Address, he affirmed that “religious principle” was needed ...

For Washington, religious liberty didn’t mean government neutrality toward religion. To him and his fellow founders, religion, virtue, and liberty were inexorably linked. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP ...

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RELIGION. Share full article. MONCURE D. CONWAY. Dec. 12, 1897; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 12, 1897, Page 18 ...

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