Be a Christian or get out

We are a Christian nation, period!

Ms. Tarbox, Ms. Buckley, Mr. Shroll (Letters, June 10), were you all sleeping during grade school history? Separation of church and state means that our forefathers did not like being forced by King James I to attend his nationalized church.

The separatists believed that the Church of England was not being true to the Bible. Our founders were defining that the new American government not form a nationalized church (First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion). It does NOT mean that our government should not be involved in Christianity!

We were founded by Christian leaders who wrote our Constitution! Each and every state constitution refers to our God almighty, as well. Patrick Henry wrote, “this great nation was founded … on the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Thomas Jefferson said, “The Bible is the source of liberty.” George Washington stated, “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” Even Newsweek (Dec. 27, 1982) admitted that “historians are discovering that the Bible, perhaps even more than the Constitution, is our founding document.”

I tell my children: our house, our rules. If you three don’t like our country’s heritage, move.

Heidi Jo Pearse

Post Falls