It’s quite ironic how conservative Americans bang on about American being a Christian country, or a country that was founded on with religious theocratic intent. American founding fathers would be rolling in their grave. The United States was founded with the complete opposite in mind. For its time, it was ahead of other nations with its commitment to secularism. These conservatives tend to claim themselves to be so patriotic, they constantly tout the constitution and declaration, they are nauseatingly pro-motherland and nationalistic, yet they claim one of the most anti-American things when asserting that it was a country founded on Christianity. Little history do they grasp.
Not A Christian Country
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