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Sam Tanenhaus: The Death of Conservatism

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Cineaste9/19/2009 7:54:48 pm PDT

re: #276 onepistoffyid

Charles:

I am a jew and I have absolutely no problem with that…Hinduism is the national religion of India, Judaism the national religion of Israel, Islam the national religion of turkey…the fact is that the founding fathers were all christians and the culture of America is a Christian culture…if I had a problem with that I would move to Israel.

Calling Christianity the national religion of the USA doesn’t mean that everyone has to be a christian or that other religons won’t be respected.

What, exactly, is your interpretation of the phrase “the government shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion”?

I have a pretty big problem with a national religion seeing as how it was one of the few things specifically ruled out in the constitution.