What's new at this site

Separation of Church and State Home Page

What's new at this web site.

As of Oct 14, 1997

Added an article on whether Montesquieu's theory of separation of powers was derived from the Bible.

As of August 6, 1997

As of July 15, 1997

Updated and revised an article on the "Sundays excepted" clause of the Constitution.
Added an article on the separationist views of Charles Pinckney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention and governor of South Carolina.

As of June 18, 1997

Added a new article on whether the Constitution embodies the principles of Christianity and the 10 Commandments.

As of June 6, 1997

As of May 24, 1997:

Added an article about the founding father's use of the Bible to our section on "responding to the religious right."
Reorganized and added new articles to our section on "important establishment clause cases."

As of April 27, 1997:

updated our religious affiliations of the founders table
added some additional notes about the religious beliefs of selected founders
added a online collection of all the mentions of the religion clauses in the First Congress during the framing debates for the Bill of Rights. As of April 1, 1997

March 23, 1997

Completed a section on the Art of the Supreme Court, and it's relevance to the separation debate.

As of February 23, 1997

Completed our section on Article III of the Northwest Ordinance as a "preamble" to the rest of the Article.

As of February 22, 1997

As of January 23, 1997

Added George Mason's biography to our "what the founders believed about separation of church and state" section.

As of January 15, 1997:

Added two biographies to our section on "what the founders believed about separation of church and state:" Rufus King and Edmund Randolph.
Completed the first section of "the meaning of the establishment clause." Check for it in our section on "the case for separation."

Return to home