The morality of the country
is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon the doctrines or worship
of other religions. In people whose manners are refined, and whose
morals have been elevated and inspired with a more enlarged benevolence,
it is by means of the Christian religion. United States Supreme Court,
1811
Why may not the Bible, and especially
the New Testament be read and taught as a divine revelation in the school?
Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so
perfectly as from the New Testament? United States Supreme Court, 1844
The happiness of a people and the good
order and preservation of civil government essentially depend upon piety,
religion and morality. United States Supreme Court, 1892
Religion, morality, and knowledge are
necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness
of mankind . United States Supreme Court, 1892.
The morality of the country is deeply
ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon doctrines or worship of other
religions. United States Supreme Court, 1892
"It yet remains a problem to be solved
in human affairs whether any free government can be permanent where the
public worship of God, and the support of religion, constitute no part
of the policy or duty of the state in any assignable shape." Supreme
Court Justice Joseph Story
Federal Committee's
Religion must be considered as the foundation
on which the whole structure rests. In this age there can be no substitute
for Christianity; the great conservative element on which we must
rely for the purity and permanence of free institutions. House Judiciary
Committee, 1854
The great vital and conservative element
in our system is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and divine
truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ. House Judiciary Committee, 1854
State Courts
Offenses against religion and morality
strikes at the root of moral
obligation, and weaken the security
of the social ties…..This First
Amendment declaration never meant to
withdraw religion. And with it the sanctions of moral and social
obligation from all consideration and notice of the law. Supreme Court
of New York, 1811
Whatever strikes at the root of Christianity
tends manifestly to the
dissolution of civil government, because
it tends to corrupt the morals of the people, and to destroy good order.
Supreme
Court of New York, 1811
The destruction of morality renders the
power of the government invalid. Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1815
A malicious intention, to vilify the
Christian religion and the scriptures, would prove a nursery of vice, a
school of preparation to qualify young men for the gallows, and young women
for the brothel, and there is not a skeptic of decent manners and good
morals, who would not consider such a common nuisance and disgrace. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court, 1824
No free government now exists in the
world, unless where Christianity is acknowledged, and is the religion of
the country. Christianity is part of the common law. Its foundations
are broad and strong and deep. It is the purest system of morality
and only stable support of all human laws. Pennsylvania Supreme Court,
1824
Christianity has reference to the principles
of right and wrong; It is the foundation of those morals and manners
upon which our society is formed; it is their basis. Remove this
and they would fall. Morality has grown upon the basis of Christianity.
Supreme
Court of South Carolina, 1846
What constitutes the standard of good
morals? Is it not Christianity? There Certainly is none other.
Say that cannot be appealed to, and what would be good morals? The
day of moral virtue in which we live would, in an instant, if that standard
were abolished, lapse into the dark and murky night of pagan immorality.
Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1846
