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Religious Liberty at the Founding

We the People

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The Inalienable Character of the Right to Religious Freedom

Michael Phillips says that there was an overlapping consensus about the inalienable character of the right to religious worship. He distinguishes between narrow Republicans, like George Washington and Patrick Henry, who took a more Republican disposition to church state policies. Do you agree or disagree with his characterization of the areas of disagreement among the founders?

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