The Fourth of July is just around the corner. In honor of our upcoming Independence Day, we are publishing daily quotes from our nation’s founders highlighting the high esteem they had for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
The following is a Thanksgiving proclamation issued by Congress on October 26, 1781, under the direction of Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on President Obama’s Affordable Care Act comes as a serious blow to the religious freedom of individuals and religious institutions in our nation. As a part of this Act, religious institutions will be mandated to provide contraception, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs under their employees’ health insurance plans. These institutions will be required to provide money for these services that their religious convictions forbid.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council offers his thoughts on the Supreme Court’s healthcare ruling.