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Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Jr., Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State (Dallas: Spence Publishing, 2008)

July 15, 2009
By Kevin R. Kosar
Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Jr., Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State (Dallas: Spence Publishing, 2008)

My full review of this interesting book was published by The Weekly Standard. In short, the book proceeds in lawyerly fashion to pile up Washington’s statements on or concerning religion. To this heap are added his actions (e.g., requesting that public funds be used to pay for Bible for soldiers, etc.) The result is...
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