1892 - Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States

1. The court said, "No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation, state or nation, because this is a religious people...This is a Christian nation."
   
2. What would lead the court to conclude we are a Christian nation?
   
3. This case was only 16 pages in the Court records.
   
4. The Court provided 87 precedents that showed that our country was founded upon Christian principles.
   

• The Court quoted the acts of the Founding Fathers.
  
• The Court quoted the acts of the Congresses.
  
• The Court quoted the acts of the state governments.
  

After quoting 87 precedents, it was determined that we are a Christian nation.

The Courts base their Laws upon precedents to be consistent in its present rulings.

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1844 - Vidal vs. Girard: A school stated that it would teach morality without Christianity.

1. The Supreme Court ruled that the schools would teach morality and Christian principles.
   
2. The Supreme Court said to the school, "Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament....be read and taught as a divine revelation in the school - its general precepts expounded...and its glorious principles of morality inculcated? ... Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?"
   
3. The Supreme Court ruled that the school would teach Christianity and the Bible.
   

Rulings today often repudiate rulings of the Founding Fathers of the country.

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1811 - People vs. Ruggles: A court case dealing with the written and verbal profanity of an individual against Jesus Christ.

1. "Whatever strikes at the root of Christianity tends manifestly to the dissolution of civil government."
   
2. The problem with his writings was: An attack on Jesus Christ was an attack on Christianity. An attack on Christianity was an attack on the country. An attack on Jesus Christ was therefore an attack on the country.
   
3. The sentence of the court: 3 months in jail and a $500 fine.
   
4. The case occurred 2 decades after the First Amendment was in place.
   

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