[jstone78]

{....they set up a SECULAR government to protect the natural (God given) rights of man including freedom religion...}

It would be more accurate to say that they opposed the establishment of a national church, be it Anglican, Presbyterian or Catholic.

But they believed that the moral foundation of America was Christian. They had a non-denominational Christian vision of America, rather than a secular or atheistic one.

[elephantlips]

The Founding Fathers had a great deal of input to the state's constitutions where they lived, as they were written. Often, in those constitutions and other documents, they stated that only Christians should hold offices. Please, I am not advocating that position only pointing out the degree to which the FF were men of faith, Christian faith.