ACLU, Meet Mr. Washington

During my wife's visit to Washington, DC she bought for me a book of great American speeches. In it is the first inaugural address from our first president, George Washington.

I think we should all thank Mr. Washington for setting into motion the divine graces for which this country has enjoyed on numerous occasions. Below is a portion of Washington's first address as President of the United States... I've added my own highlights to emphasize the point:

"...it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge.

In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States.

Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage.

Now, does that sound like a man who intended the socialist, ACLU version of "separation of church and state" to be the standard of this country? Does this sound like a nation that intended to REMOVE God from the public discussion?

What audacity do the members of the ACLU have to rewrite the intentions of the founding fathers to fit their socialistic atheistic agenda.

And what a sad state of education we have that every American citizen is unaware of the contents of this country's first President's first official act.

As I read through the rest of the many speeches in my book I will post those that show further the founding faith in God Almighty that built this country on such a strong and divinely protected foundation.