...Tripoli, drafted in 1796 by George Washington, signed by John Adams in 1797, reads: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility of Musselmen...

...signed by George Washington, pointed to a secular American republic (Article n): As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of [Muslims]...

...John Adams, and ratified by the US Senate - unmistakably states in its Article 1 1 : The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion', as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity (sic), of Musselmen...

...secular status during the period of our founding. The treaty states unequivocally, "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." 2 ? 6 That ought to be clear enough for even a raving evolution-denying theocrat to understand. Read...

...States Congress ratified the Treaty of Tripoli. Article 11 of the treaty states, "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense, founded on the Christian religion, as it has in itself, no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Musselmen...

...Senate after negotiations by Paine's friend Joel Barlow, which included the statement "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion ... it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce...

...acquiesced in the declaration of Joel Barlow, the American Consul in Algiers, that "the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." Other prominent founding fathers who were deists were, John Quincey Adams, James Madison, Cornelius...

...the separation of church and state, freedom of and from religion, and they explicitly asserted that "the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."29 On the other hand, the Puritans believed in a fundamentalist, theocratic state. In parts...

...unanimously approved by the Congress and signed by President John Adams in 1797: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion . . . ." 5. I heard this myself on CBS radio, and the quoted words do not convey the depth of this...

...African-American leader Wallace D. Mohammed, son of Elijah Mohammed, in 1992. 62. "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility of Musselmen...