Happy Indepedence Day

Here's what the deist, Thomas Jefferson, said about morality, religion, and government:

Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?

Jefferson never advocated for a Christian nation. Rather, he's saying that our rights and sense of liberty are derived from a belief in a loving, benevolent God who wishes every person to be set free. When we deny this belief, we take away the very foundation of our liberty, which only then leads to tyranny.