“The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights, as well as of Constitutional principles.”.    From Wordnik.com.  ['God Is Not Great'] Reference

James Madison wrote in "Detached Memoranda" that: "The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights, as well as of Constitutional principles.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Right Activists Disrupt Hindu Chaplain In The Senate] Reference

Through the influence of the Duke of Atholl, he was appointed to the Chapel of Ease, at Amulree, in Perthshire, and subsequently to the chaplainship of the 42d Regiment, his commission to the latter office bearing date the 15th of June 1764.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference

The establishment of the chaplainship to Congs is a palpable violation of equal rights, as well as of Constitutional principles: The tenets of the chaplains elected by the majority shut the door of worship agst the members whose creeds & consciences forbid a participation in that of the majority.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Masterplan to Remove God from the U.S. Constitution « Publius the Geek] Reference

Bentinck, and begged to be permitted to resign the chaplainship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference

In general the divine who quitted his chaplainship for a benefice and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1] Reference

He immediately, unasked, gave the chaplainship (which others always sell advantageously) to his brother's parson at.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference

Later in his life, James Madison came out against state-paid chaplains, writing, "The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights, as well as of Constitutional principles.".    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference

When the earl of Kingston found that Mr. Oldham's spirit was too high to accept his offer of chaplainship, he then caressed him as a companion, and gave him an invitation to his house at Holmes-Pierpont, in Nottinghamshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II] Reference

Ximenes, thus restored to freedom, and placed in undisturbed possession of his benefice, was desirous of withdrawing from the jurisdiction of his vindictive superior; and not long after effected an exchange for the chaplainship of Siguenza.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2] Reference

"The establishment of the chaplainship in Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights as well as of Constitutional principles. culturekitchen Media, LTD. © 2000-2007 of culturekitchen Media.    From Wordnik.com.  [culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily] Reference

A chaplainship serv'd up, and seven years thrall?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II] Reference