re: #747 HippieforLife

For him to make the awful statement that “we are not a Christian nation” is just plain wrong. He thinks that the people of our country just consider themselves “citizens”. Every time I hear him talk he always uses the word “we” when he apologizes for the country is was elected to lead. I am not sure just who the “we” is. Our country was founded on Christian principles and all the documents from our beginning indicate that ideal. He certainly can do harm to our country. That is why we all need to pay attention.

Apparently, you only heard the part you wanted to hear. This is the full statement Obama made:

“One of the great strengths of the United States,” the President said, “is … we have a very large Christian population — we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”

And he is absolutely right. The US is a secular nation, and the Constitution was written with this in mind. The very first amendment to the US Constitution states it very clearly:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

I’m not a fan of Barack Obama, but on this he was exactly correct. The US is NOT a “Christian nation.”