Faith
Speaker Calls America to Embrace Faith’s Role in Public Life Unveiled
House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Americans to grasp the genuine essence of ‘separation of church and state’ at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.
Ahead of the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary, he highlighted Christianity’s pivotal role in America’s history through prayer and moral foundations.
Faith Facts
- The phrase originated in Thomas Jefferson’s letter to Danbury Baptists, protecting religious conscience from government overreach, not barring faith from public life.
- Founders sought to shield the church from state encroachment, relying on religious virtue for a free republic’s endurance.
- Johnson urged rededication to prayer, affirming it’s a spiritual battle to preserve our God-given liberties.
“It is from the very birth of our nation that America has always been sustained by prayer and been reliant upon our foundation of religion and morality and it’s in the DNA of our nation and who we are.”
“Jefferson clearly did not mean that wall to keep religion from influencing our government and public life.”
“The Founders wanted a flourishing of faith in the public square because they knew that religion and moral virtues strengthen our nation.”
Faithful patriots, recommit to prayer as our Founders did, fortifying family, freedom, and biblical truth against secular assaults.