Wallbuilders Live! With David Barton & Rick Green

The relationship between faith and government remains one of America's most contested issues, with many Americans believing James Madison advocated for a strict separation pushing religion out of public life. But what if everything we've been told about Madison's views is fundamentally wrong?Mark David Hall joins us to unravel the fascinating history behind Madison's "Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments," revealing how this document has been weaponized to promote secular policies contrary to Madison's intentions. Rather than opposing religion's influence in public life, Madison was protecting Christianity from government control that he believed would corrupt faith itself.The story begins in colonial Virginia, where all citizens were taxed to support the Anglican Church regardless of their personal faith. After the Revolutionary War, Patrick Henry proposed taxing citizens to support the Christian denomination of their choice. Madison opposed this pla