THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED UPON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND REGARDLESS WHAT “OTHER VOICES” DECLARE, AMERICA WAS AND IS STILL A CHRISTIAN NATION

Read for your self the Mayflower Compact upon the founding of America:

Original version as recorded by William Bradford

In ye name of God Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by ye Grace of God, of great Britaine, Franc, & Yreland, King, defender of ye Faith, &c.Haveing undertaken, for ye Glorie of God, and advancements of ye Christian faith, and the honour of our King & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northern parts of Virginia; Doe by these presents, solemnly & mutualy, in ye presence of God, and one of another; covenant & combine ourselves together into a Civill body politick; for our better ordering, & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just & equal Lawes, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

In witnes wherof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11 of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne Lord King James, ofEngland,France, & Yreland, ye eighteenth, and ofScotlandye fiftie fourth, Ano: Dom. 1620.

 

“Modern” version

In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith, etc.:

Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia; do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another; covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, 1620.

Signers

John Alden

Isaac Allerton

John Allerton

John Billington

Richard Bitteridge

William Bradford

William Brewster

Peter Brown

John Carver

James Chilton

Richard Clark

Francis Cooke

John Craxton

Edward Doten

Francis Eaton

Thomas English

Moses Fletcher

Edward Fuller

Samuel Fuller

Richard Gardiner

John Goodman

Stephen Hopkins

John Howland

Edward Leister

Edmund Margeson

Christopher Martin

William Mullins

Digery Priest

John Rigdale

Thomas Rogers

George Soule

Miles Standish

Edward Tilly

John Tilly

Thomas Tinker

John Turner

Richard Warren

William White

Thomas Williams

Edward Winslow

Gilbert Winslow