“A man should be upright, not be kept upright.” Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, (121 AD -180 AD) Roman Emperor, 161-180 AD. Source: Meditations, Book III, 5  (c.161-180 AD). Source Reference Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Quote

“Well-meaning Americans in the name of freedom have taken freedom away. For the sake of religious tolerance, they’ve forbidden religious practice.” Ronald Reagan, Source:  National Day of Prayer, May 6, 1982. Source Reference Ronald Reagan Quote

“If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed by the Convention, where I had the honor to preside, might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical Society, certainly I would never have placed my signature…

“The state may not establish a ‘religion of secularism’ in the sense of affirmatively opposing or showing hostility to religion, thus ‘preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe.” Justice Potter Stewart, (1915-1985) Associate Justice of…

“The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we call – in enemy nations – ‘state indoctrination.’” Jonathan Kozol, (1936- ) American writer, educator, activist,…

“The First Amendment was never intended to insulate our public institutions from any mention of God, the Bible or religion. When such insulation occurs, another religion, such as secular humanism, is effectively established.” Crockett v. Sorenson, Source:  U.S. District Court…

“Gun control is way too simple an answer. That’s analogous to putting a Band Aid on a severed artery. These mass shootings are symptoms [and] eruptions telling us that there is a subterranean river of spiritual and emotional slime running…

“The left needs to understand this really is an issue of the heart. This is a spiritual rot in this country, a moral issue where we no longer value life.” Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill, commenting on the mass murders in El Paso and Dayton. Source Reference…

“License they mean when they cry, Liberty!” John Milton, (1608-1674) English Poet. Source Reference John Milton Quote

“If a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion. The Establishment Clause does not license government to treat religion and those who teach or practice it…

“Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart noted (in his dissent of Abington Township, 1963) ‘if religious exercises are held to be impermissible activity in schools, religion is placed at an artificial and state-created disadvantage. Permission for such exercises for those…

“God requireth not a uniformity of religion.” Roger Williams, (1603-1684) Anglo-American clergyman, advocate for the separation of church and state, founder of the Rhode Island colony. Source: “A Plea for Religious Liberty” in The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of…