Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gorton aiva muKristu wokunyepedzera, asi akanga asingaendi kuchechi. Mamwe manyuko akamuratidza seasingazivi kana kuti kunyange asingatendi kuvapo kwaMwari. Akapinda zvikoro zveAnglican, uye akafurirwa nemaonero echiKristu echiKristu aJames Ralph Darling, mukuru wake paGeelong Grammar. Muhurukuro ya1948, Gorton akati "nhoroondo yechiKristu ndiyo inotyisa zvikurusa munhau yenyika". Zvisinei, mukutungamirira ku
Referendum ya1999 akaramba pachena kutaura nezvaMwari muvhesi yokutanga. Maererano nomunyori wake woupenyu Ian Hancock: "Gorton angave akanga asiri mutendi, tisingatauri kuti muKristu, uye paakataura nezvorudzidziso rwe'mweya' akanga asina kutenda kwakati mupfungwa. Panzvimbo pezvo, rudzidziso rwake rwakanga rwakavakirwa pamurayiro uri muBhuku raDheuteronomio: 'Munhu haararami nechingwa bedzi.'"