Ethics

Fake Patrick Henry Quote Found

By Ed Brayton

This is actually about a year old but I missed it when it was posted. SBH, a frequent commenter here, managed to track down that famous fake quote from Patrick Henry and show where it came from. Here's the quote as usually offered by the Christian Nation apologists:

It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 03, 2009 (boomark / email).