Treaty of Tripoli: 1797 - The Christian Religion
Treaty of Tripoli
- Article 11
"As the
Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the
Christian religion…"
It was submitted to
the Senate by President John Adams, receiving ratification unanimously from the
U.S. Senate on June 7, 1797 and signed by Adams, taking effect as the law of
the land on June 10, 1797.
The Treaty of
Tripoli (Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America
and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary) was the first treaty concluded
between the United States of America and Tripolitania, signed at Tripoli on
November 4, 1796 and at Algiers (for a third-party witness) on January 3, 1797.
It was submitted to the Senate by President John Adams, receiving ratification
unanimously from the U.S. Senate on June 7, 1797 and signed by Adams, taking
effect as the law of the land on June 10, 1797.
The treaty was a
routine diplomatic agreement but has attracted later attention because the
English version included a clause about religion in the United States.
As the Government of the United States of
America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in
itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of
Mussulmen [Muslims],—and as the said States never entered into any war or act
of hostility against any Mahometan [Mohammedan] nation, it is declared by the
parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an
interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries. -Wikipedia
Documented proof that the United States of America was not founded on the Christian religion. It was a unanimous vote to remove all doubt that our founding fathers did not want religion involved in government.
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