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Additional Thoughts on the Cranston Prayer Banner

Additional Thoughts on the Cranston Prayer Banner

By Oswald Krell on January 24, 2012

After reading the comments regarding the prayer banner in Cranston, I would like to add a few comments. To begin: any sentence that contains “the founding fathers believed/thought/said/wanted/intended/were, etc is necessarily wrong. Yes. wrong. The founding fathers were not a monolithic bunch. Exactly the opposite.  They were a group of men, many of whom had [...]

Posted in Arts & Culture, Featured, Religion, Rhode Island | Tagged Christians, George Washington, Religion, Thomas Jefferson | 11 Responses

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