"The Author of the First Amendment," #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #AMERICA250 #NATION250
"The Author of the First Amendment,"
#RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250
The Author of the First Amendment
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
— 2 Timothy 3:16-17
The Story
Almost nobody remembers who actually wrote the First Amendment.
James Madison proposed it. The House and Senate debated it. But the man who crafted the final wording was Fisher Ames of Massachusetts.
Fisher Ames was a congressman, a lawyer, and a…
The skinny
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