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The Only Catholic To Sign the Declaration of Independence
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| July 4, 2017
| y Billy Ryan
Posted on 07/04/2017 8:07:38 PM PDT by Coleus
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:07:38 PM PDT
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Coleus
To: Coleus
Charles Carroll was one of the people who tried to help George Washington when he was at Valley Forge. When the Continental Congress was slow to act, Carroll stepped up and helped out as much as he was able. They remained good friends and Washington frequently sought out his legal advice.
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:12:27 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
To: Slyfox
and how many signers were Muslim?
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:22:51 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: Cvengr
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:28:45 PM PDT
by
Reagan80
("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
To: Cvengr
and how many signers were Muslim? None.
All of the Founders, regardless of religious affiliation, shared the same moral philosophy based on virtue and belief in the providence of God. That is the biggest reason why the Constitution was written so quickly. They all agreed on the first principles. They did have political differences, as in the Federalists and the Anti-federalists, but they did agree on all of the most fundamental ideals.
Muslims at that time were pirates.
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:30:55 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
To: Cvengr
Muslims?? None...they boycotted it, since it was contrary to the Queeron...:-)
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:43:02 PM PDT
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: Slyfox
Muslims at that time were pirates So nothing's changed?
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:45:44 PM PDT
by
Regulator
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:53:02 PM PDT
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: Rio
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:53:47 PM PDT
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: Regulator
That is true. One of the Founders, I think it was Jefferson, wrote about the Barbary “muslim” pirates. I read it a while back and I got the impression that they devoid of conscience.
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posted on
07/04/2017 8:53:49 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
To: Cvengr
>>
and how many signers were Muslim? <<
The same number that were Jewish.
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posted on
07/04/2017 10:11:30 PM PDT
by
BillyBoy
(Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
To: BillyBoy
It is difficult to get numbers on the number of Muslims in the colonies around the time of the Revolution since some were taken as slaves from Africa and their religion was not acknowledged. Of about 3.5 million free persons and about 0.5 million slaves in the colonies around 1776, there were only about 3,500 Jews mainly in Philadelphia, New York, Savannah and Charleston. There were about 125 that served in the Continental Army, a high percentage relative to other religious or ethnic groups (reference
Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution by Benson Bobrick).
Very few Jews were Loyalists. In some colonies, they were prevented from holding office since they were not Christian, but that is not to say that they were not treated fairly during colonial times.
Aside from their service in the army, Haym Solomon played a role in raising money to pay the troops, government functionaries as well as congressmen (and even loaned money to James Madison).
As you likely know, Maryland was a Catholic colony and if it were not for that and the wealthy and well respected Carrolls, there would have been no Catholic Signers.
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posted on
07/04/2017 11:37:08 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: Coleus
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was by all accounts an honorable man. He took no small amount of risk in being signatory to a document guaranteeing religious freedom as his church hierarchy opposed it, and it was indeed opposed officially up to Vatican II in 1965.
To: RegulatorCountry
He took no small amount of risk in being signatory to a document guaranteeing religious freedom The Declaration guaranteed religious freedom? I don't think so. Even the Constitution made no such guarantee.
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posted on
07/05/2017 12:04:55 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: Coleus
Mentions Bishop John Carroll but not John’s brother Daniel Carroll, who signed the US Constitution; one of five men to sign both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
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posted on
07/05/2017 12:08:55 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
"All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" lays out general principles as spelled out more specifically in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was itself largely incorporated into the Constitution as The Bill of Rights in the form of Amendments, the First Amendment of which reads as follows: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
To: RegulatorCountry
The Congress, i.e., the Federal government, could make no such law, but that did not restrict the state governments. Some states had established religions for several decades after the US Constitution was adopted.
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posted on
07/05/2017 1:01:44 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
Some states had established religions for several decades after the US Constitution was adopted. Some did, some didn't. Some had a State Church and essentially ignored it, like NC. All eventually abolished them as well they should have long before. There were several less than desirable survivals of British rule from which it took some time to disentangle ourselves, this is but one example. A clean, quick separation while ideal was not the actual reality of the matter.
Does that somehow negate the Constitution in your eyes?
To: Coleus
HOORAY Charles Carroll of Carrollton
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posted on
07/05/2017 1:57:02 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Joe 6-pack
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