They were also clearly breaking with England and English tradition, especially the tradition of a government religion. Many of the people who came to new world were fleeing religious persecution and certainly did not what a governing document that would enshrine that intolerance.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > That one is pretty easy, I'm surprised you even have to ask. They > showed up to write a governing document for a whole country, not a > single colony. They needed to find a way to unite everyone in the face > of overwhelming odds and they did that by admitting that they were, > first and foremost, human beings and Americans and that that was what > was important. There was no agreement amongst the colonies about a > religious test for office, a national religion, an official motto...in > a time of great tribulation, they bound together for the common good > and set aside those things which sought to divide them including, > first and foremost, religion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320679 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
