Posted on 04/30/2010 1:28:52 PM PDT by cripplecreek
Boy, the WH & Shep are lapping up being able to preclude Beck.
Sam Adams....beer run!!!
LOL Call the ACLU!!!
Art. II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience, or for his religious profession or sentiments, provided he doth not disturb the public peace or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Art. III. As the happiness of a people and the good order and preservation of civil government essentially depend upon piety, religion, and morality, and as these cannot be generally diffcused through a community but by the institution of the public worship of God and of the public instructions in piety, religion, and morality: Therefore, To promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic or religious societies to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Hard to believe the Massachusetts Constitution came from what has become of the state today.
present and accounted foe.
999 lives out of 1000 is not to high a price to pay for freedom.
foe =for
I didn’t think you were a foe.
Samuel Adams; A life, by Ira Stoll.
Adams was not a rich white guy.
For his first trip to congress the people took up a collection to buy him a suit.
I love 18th Century U.S. History...Beck has me locked in for the next three Fridays...
Jefferson did well for himself but wasn’t fabulously wealthy as he is often portrayed. Apparently he cut a lot of corners building Monticello.
Brits accused Adams of being violent like the media does with the tea partiers today.
Mark for later. Thx for posting links.
Interesting stuff about Adams and slaves. He freed them on the spot and one refused to leave because she was part of the family.
Several black patriots rode with Paul Revere, others died at Lexington.
Blacks really need to learn this kind of history so they can learn of their historical investment in America beyond the slavery that is all the schools want to teach.
Anybody catch the name of the book he’s discussing with stories about the Founders?
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