Teaching Religious Tolerance

It's A Free Country | Jan 28, 2011

In 1790, George Washington wrote a letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island in which he described an American government "which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance." Adam Strom, director of content, research, and development for Facing History and Ourselves, and Farah Anwar Pandith, first ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities at the Department of State, talk about the founding fathers' commitment to religious liberty, the link between religious freedom and democracy, and how teaching religious tolerance in schools is an essential part of maintaining a free society.

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