Mayflower Compact- America's first Constitution

[Polishprince]

Ratified 400 years ago on November 21, 1620. Why isn't this important founding document given the honor it deserves?

Do liberal educators hate the fact that it proudly recognizes the Christian nature of America

"IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia;"

Mayflower Compact ‑ Definition, Purpose & Significance | HISTORY

The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self‑governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.

www.history.com

 

[Gdjjr]

With that in mind, they set out to create a temporary set of laws for ruling themselves as per majority agreement.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Ratified 400 years ago on November 21, 1620. Why isn't this important founding document given the honor it deserves?

Do liberal educators hate the fact that it proudly recognizes the Christian nature of America

"IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia;"

Mayflower Compact ‑ Definition, Purpose & Significance | HISTORY

The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self‑governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.

www.history.com

I kind of think that the articles of confederation and later the Constitution sort of superseded the Mayflower Compact, neither of which mentions Christianity. In addition , the Mayflower Compact did not establish a nation at all. This is just another one of your miserable fails