Comments for Catholics and America’s Founding at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:21:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholics-and-americas-founding.html#comment-7306 How far we've fallen. I'm convinced that the only religion left anybody in America seems to follow is the altar of the free market and the freedom to do whatever one likes without any respect towards religious, moral, or ethical duty. - Theodore M. Seeber Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:49:45 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholics-and-americas-founding.html#comment-7293 Oh, I do not think he has forgotten, he just chooses to ignore. - christine Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:24:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholics-and-americas-founding.html#comment-7292 Because of his association with the Kennedy family, and the works of some of his soi-disant followers, John Courtney Murray, S.J., is often neglected or even maligned by orthodox Catholics. But I recommend a re-reading of his We Hold These Truths: Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition (Sheed & Ward, 1960, repr. 1988). - Jack Carlson Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:20:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholics-and-americas-founding.html#comment-7283 "the First Amendment, which was ratified in 1791, adopted the phrase found in Catholic Maryland’s 1649 Tolerance Act which guaranteed Catholics equal footing within an impartial governmental structure: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . .” Here's hoping and praying our president doesnot forget this. - Joe Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:23:29 +0100