Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States has increased
the visibility of organized religiion and its benefits. George
Washington wrote often about religious liberty and toleration; below is one of his writings on the topic:
“…It gives me the most sensible pleasure to find, that, in our nation, however different are the sentiments of citizens on
religious doctrines, they generally concur in one thing, for
their political professions and practices are almost universally
friendly to the order and happiness of our civil institutions.”
Source: Message to the Convention of the Universalist Church,
July 1790
Posted by: Dr. Sam Hoff, Delaware State University
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