They were Catholic, Congregationalist, Deist, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Quaker and Unitarian. From many different backgrounds, representing many religions, they stood united for liberty. It is no wonder that when America gained her independence and when the founders gathered to draft the Constitution, that the “First Freedom” in the Bill of Rights guaranteed religious freedom to all Americans, no matter what their background, no matter what their religion. For those who signed the Declaration of Independence and then drafted the Constitution, religious freedom was central to who they were as Americans.