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Separation of church and state
BlogI am a strong proponent of the separation of church and state. Occasionally, I have met those who have appealed to the founding fathers and asserted that owing to their Christianity, God blessed these United States, and thus we are a Christian nation.
I shall let those who founded the country speak for themselves:
“The government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian Religion.”
~ George Washington
“I do not find in Christianity one redeeming feature.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“The Bible is not my book, nor Christianity my religion.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
“A just government has no need for the clergy or the church.”
~ James Madison
“I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end… where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.”
~ John F. Kennedy
“We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers.”