Tag Archives: David Barton
The Way Back to Religious Liberty
In early January, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) overturned a longstanding policy that forbade churches from getting federal disaster relief money. The rule change by the Trump Administration affected any houses of worship that were damaged on or after August 23, just before...
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Tagged David Barton, FEMA, First Amendment, G.K. Chesterton, Hugo Black., Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Maria, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson
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Lincoln the Movie Star, or Lincoln the Social Conservative?
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to see the new Abraham Lincoln movie from Steven Spielberg. It was a technical and visual masterpiece in terms of costume, cast, scenery, computer graphics, etc. Sally Field was remarkable as Mary Lincoln. However, I agree with several historians who criticized the movie’s script, which included nearly 40 uses of profanity. They contend that certain vulgar words were not used in the 1860’s and certainly not by “honest Abe.”
Most all of the movie centers around passage of the 13th Amendment. It shows Lincoln trying to hold all his Republicans together …
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, David Barton, Mary Lincoln, Sally Field, Sons of Temperance, Steven Spielberg
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