"The first is the idea that the United States is a "Christian nation." This is, to be sure, a popular idea within the GOP's theocratic wing, but it's also offensive, ahistorical nonsense.
The United States is based on a secular Constitution, which in turn created a secular government.
Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1802 that our First Amendment built "a wall of separation between church and state."
In 1797, John Adams agreed:
"The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."
Americans unsure what to believe have a straightforward choice:
They can listen to Hawley, or they can read the Constitution and honor the declarations of actual Founding Fathers.
This doesn't seem like an especially tough call."
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What it really is is a sort of absurdly lazy sort of Christianity where it's too much trouble and requires too much effort, and Faith, to rely on the Gospel drawing people to the Church...
... it's much easier to make laws that compel people to see things your way.
