Church inside the Capitol…

What is now called Statuary Hall was where Congress met for fifty years,  until 1857.   It’s also where Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison attended non-denominational  Christian worship services  on Sundays.  In fact,  for generations, the Capitol was transformed every week into the largest church on the East Coast.

It’s hard to believe that our first chief executives believed government should protect religion belief instead of trying to crush it.

Metaphor alert…

Alex Rogers is right —  a cracked Capitol dome is  indeed a metaphor  for a cracked Congress.   They are both in need of repair,  but each requires a different set of fixes.