Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 1824, in the case of Updegraph v. The Commonwealth,
11 Serg. & R. 393-394,398-399,402-407 (1824), recorded the court's declaration that:...
"Christianity, is and always has been, a part of the common law...."
Reference:http://books.google.com/books?id=BtGzlMatpUUC&pg=PA507&lpg=PA507&dq=%22Christianity,+is,+and+always+has+been,+a+part+of+the+common+law....%22&source=bl&ots=-d6KISeNZ1&sig=NSZQTS4ljpoMEd1HUxJOkFefYp8&hl=en&ei=t5G6Sr6GEIzl8QaS783PBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=%22Christianity%2C%20is%2C%20and%20always%20has%20been%2C%20a%20part%20of%20the%20common%20law....%22&f=false
Arkansas Supreme Court 1905, was quoted by Supreme Court Justice David J. Brewer
in his lecture, entitled, "The United States a Christian Nation." The opinion they rendered
in the case of Shover v. The State, 10 English, 263, included:
This system of religion (Christianity) is recognized as constituting a part and parcel of the common law.
Reference:http://books.google.com/books?id=BtGzlMatpUUC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=This+system+of+religion+(Christianity)+is+recognized+as+constituting+a+part+and+parcel+of+the+common+law&source=bl&ots=-d6KISfNZ-&sig=cEoytav4W8X7-wUQ4NeBew6Im0w&hl=en&ei=nZW6SrfUMYfM8Qan2uyRBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=This%20system%20of%20religion%20(Christianity)%20is%20recognized%20as%20constituting%20a%20part%20and%20parcel%20of%20the%20common%20law&f=false