Before there was a Constitution… Before there was a Bill of Rights… There was prayer. In 1774, the First Continental Congress opened in prayer. In 1789, after taking the oath of office, President George Washington walked to church at St. Paul’s Chapel to dedicate the new nation to God. Faith was not hidden. It was not silenced. It was not confined to the private sphere. The Founders understood something profound: Freedom requires virtue. Virtue requires moral truth. And moral
