[bigtoona]

This is a great video showing the deep religious past of our nation and leaders. DAR should take note. For example, Thomas Jefferson ordered the Marine corps band to play for the church services held each Sunday in the capital building! Services were held there for almost 100 years.

This is only a clip there is a full DVD you can buy on the wallbuilders.com site.

http://stg.do/Iwpc

[cripplecreek]

Even the most liberal of our founders were believers in God.

Here Ben Franklin calls for prayer to open the constitutional convention of 1787.

Benjamin Franklin Constitutional Convention Address on Prayer delivered Thursday, June 28, 1787, Philadelphia, PA

I therefore beg leave to move -- that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that service.