Dr. Ben Carson posted this announcement on his website, stating his position on the influence faith, and Judeo-Christian moral principles in particular, should have on American politics. We reprint it so our readers will be better informed on where candidates’ stand on the issues most important to them:
Our Founding Fathers were courageous men of principle and faith. We know this because the Declaration of Independence, our bedrock document, explicitly acknowledges the existence of our Creator.
The United States of America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. We can and should be proud of that fact. It served us well for almost 200 years.
However, we need to reverse the recent trend of secular progressives using activist, federal judges to drive faith out of our society. Anyone who wishes to practice their faith, for example by praying privately, can and should be able to do so. Equally, the rights of someone to abstain from private prayer should also be jealously protected.
The First Amendment enshrines our freedom to practice whatever faith we choose from any government intrusion. Our Founding Fathers never meant for the First Amendment to be used to drive prayer out of the public square.
