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To: Alex Murphy
Franklin's motion for prayer in the Constitutional Convention.

Benjamin Franklin Requests Prayer in the Constitutional Convention June 28, 1787

It appears that it was never voted on in this case.
4 posted on 06/27/2013 6:26:26 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

Franklin’s proposal June 28,1787 included no less than a half dozen Biblical references across the spectrum of accepted Literary form.It was James Madison that moved the Convention act on Franklin’s proposal for Prayer and Roger Sherman seconded both were Christian. The Virginian Edmund Jennings Randolph further proposed a sermon be preached at the request of the the convention on the 4th of July,Independence Day.At that time Sundays were legally a dies non -the Government did no work.Also the Judiciary Committee of the US Senate 19 Jan.1853 Mr.Badger—and corresponding US House Report by Mr. Meacham 27 March ,1854 discussed the Establishment clause,its meaning— and the use of chaplains by our Government. Their decisions both affirm and compliment what Justice Joseph Story wrote in his seminal Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States,1833. These organic utterances help Americans understand the meaning of the religious clause of our First Amendment-if they feign ignorance of the history.The enemy of our constitution rely on court history since @1980 and not the history nor the meaning of the terms used.


15 posted on 06/27/2013 8:22:18 AM PDT by StonyBurk (ring)
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