religious crackpots in public life, was Re: The heart of a leftist

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>It was deeply religious folks who had watched the discrediting of
>religion in Europe by its corruption by power who promoted the
>Establishment Clause.
>
>-- Nathan Newman

"[R]eligious historians and scholars estimate that in 1776 as few as 
10 to 17% of Americans claimed any religious affiliation at all, and 
that the popular attitude toward religion was one of vast 
indifference--though few wished to harm religious freedom" (Charles 
L. Harper, "The End of American Religion 'As We Know It?'" available 
at <http://puffin.creighton.edu/human/CSRS/news/S97-3.html>).

Yoshie