Religiosity in the U.S.

hoov hoov at freenet.tlh.fl.us
Sat Jun 13 18:05:59 PDT 1998



> the US is a religious - a Christian - nation with a constitution that
> establishes a secular political state...evidence for the latter is
> the fact that the 'founding' documents' - Declaration of Independence
> and the Constitution - only mention god three times, each time
> indirectly and only in passing...they mention religion twice, both times
> to exclude it (Article VI and Amendment I)...Michael Hoover

above should have read: the US is a religious - a Christian nation - with a constitution that establishes an ostensibly secular political state...Michael H



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