Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> >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
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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