Flashback 1892. When The U.S. Supreme Court Decided America Was a Christian Nation

Flashback 1892. Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 U.S. 457 (1892) when the U.S. Supreme Court declared that America was a Christian nation:

If we pass beyond these matters to a view of American life, as expressed by its laws, its business, its customs, and its society, we find every where a clear recognition of the same truth. Among other matters, note the following: the form of oath universally prevailing, concluding with an appeal to the Almighty; the custom of opening sessions of all deliberative bodies and most conventions with prayer; the prefatory words of all wills, "In the name of God, amen;" the laws respecting the observance of the Sabbath, with the general cessation of all secular business, and the closing of courts, legislatures, and other similar public assemblies on that day; the churches and church organizations which abound in every city, town, and hamlet; the multitude of charitable organizations existing every where under Christian auspices; the gigantic missionary associations, with general support, and aiming to establish Christian missions in every quarter of the globe. These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.

A Supreme Court case worth your time. For you rookies out there: your friendly local tenured teacher/ professor probably doesn't know about this case so try not embarrassing them.