Christian Nation Amendment Explained

The first article I want to share on this subject is: Limiting an Overreaching Federal Government: Is State Nullification the Solution? A Constitutional Analysis by David Barton. www.wallbuilders.com/libissuesarticles.asp?id=46525

The second article I want to share is: Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Religion in Eighteenth-Century America. www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html

The third article I am sharing is: Religion in Colonial America. www2.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/religion.htm

The first article above states, "Periodically, important words and concepts are invoked that are relatively unknown today but which nevertheless have a lengthy historical and constitutional background (e.g. “attainder,” the “Exceptions Clause,” the “Sundays Excepted Clause,” the “Supremacy Clause,” etc.). The danger is that when important terms become unfamiliar to citizens, they can be severed from their original meanings and given new interpretations that not only are unwarranted by the Constitution but even negate its intent."

Words and phrases of the Constitution often are defined differently today than when the Constitution was written. I believe such is the case with the word "religion" in the First Amendment. I believe the word "religion" at the the time the First Amendment was written meant "Christianity." A study of religion at the time of the founding and in colonial times shows that. But, the definition of the word "religion" has changed over the years, and muddled, thus changing the meaning of the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment.

My proposed Christian Nation Amendment line2016.freeforums.net/thread/53/christian-nation-amendment is in consideration of what religion was at the time the First Amendment was written, and the history of religion prior to the nation's founding under the Constitution.

It is plain that the purpose of the Establishment clause was to prohibit a National Church being established, as was the case in England. The people were fleeing the persecution they were under in England and it's National Church. But, they wanted the freedom to worship God as they see fit, and that explains the Free Exercise clause. The First Amendment did not establish carte blanche freedom of religion as it is interpreted today. Hence, there is nothing about the First Amendment that prevents Congress from passing laws to regulate or even ban any other religion such as Islam. My proposed Amendment simply clarifies that.

The First Amendment was in response to the needs of the people at the time. My proposed Amendment simply does the same thing for today.