The Foundersseem not to have separated Liberty from our duty first to God.
In what I have read-which I admit has been limited— I see the
connection often made in that the Founders seem to have noted a distinct difference between Liberty and Licence.What I see today is more like what they called licence and less like what they seem to have believed Liberty entailed. Our duty to know and obey God seemed have a greater priority in the founding era that it seems have now. But as a Christian I admit my reading has been influenced by Christian authors. That part lacking in my public education.