PS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Freedom Of Religion, Establishment Clause, Congressional Record
29 Sep 2016
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Preamble speaks generally of blessings of liberty . Article i section 7 implicitly recognizes the christian sabbath: if any bill should not be returned by the president within ten days (sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall become a law. Article vi: the senators and representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial of cers, both of the united. Congress considered 19 drafts of the religion clauses before the 20th was adopted by conference committee: 4 proposed by states, 10 debated in house, 5 debated in. While we know the wording of these alternative drafts, the congressional record is very spotty on the debate concerning them. Many drafts referred explicitly to the protection of liberty of conscience. Several drafts sought to protect the right of religiously scrupulous people to be conscientious objectors. Madison proposed that no national religion be established.
