Mr. Carson was not advocating for a
government "religious test." Rather, he was
implying that voters exercise a personal religious test as they enter the
ballot booth. This offends today's liberals, which is a great indication
that one has simply told the truth. Also, what Ben Carson declared is not
very different from what John Jay – Founding Father, one of the authors of the
Federalist Papers, and the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – said
in an 1816 letter to John Murray. In fact, Jay was much more exclusive
than Carson when he wrote, "Providence has given to our people the choice
of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of
our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."
Imagine that! Not only did John
Jay proclaim that Americans should prefer Christians for their leaders, but
approximately four decades after the creation of the United States, one of the
most significant U.S. founders considered this a "Christian nation."
If such a conclusion is even hinted at today, the (often godless)
secularists who dominate the modern left and the mainstream media howl
like Highball the
hound.
In spite of the meme perpetuated by today's
left, John Jay was far from alone in his conclusion on America's founding.
(However, many on both sides of the argument frequently misunderstand
what is meant by a "Christian
nation.") In fact, it is not only American Christians who make
such claims.
