06/04/2026
When this post was originally posted, there was some sort of technological glitch and the second half of the post was essentially deleted. Here is the updated version...
Separation of church & state or God in the Constitution? MA’s Constitution references God 11 times, as well as Lord, Creator, Supreme Being, Providence & Blessings. Massachusetts declares in Art 2: It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. Amdt Art XI states: public worship of God … promote[s] the happiness and prosperity of a people and the security of a republican government. But their preamble says it all: acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity.. of entering into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other; and of forming a new constitution of civil government…; and devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a design, … establish the following Declaration of Rights, and Frame of Government, as [our] Constitution.