America was a non-Christian nation (and should remain so)
2009-Jul-09, Thursday 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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snousle for pointing out this quote in furrbear's thread:
This quote is new information to me. Maybe it's time to remind the nation that mixing religious fervor with government authority is a bad idea. It is always a bad idea, no matter which flavor of religion is trying to do it. We really don't need to recreate (Christian) Rome.
I've listed here the necessary links for promoting this old (and therefore conservative?) idea. Go forth, new meme. Fly!
snousle for pointing out this quote in furrbear's thread:"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion..."Two-thirds of America's (then, only 32) senators were present for the vote on this 1797 treaty, and it passed unanimously.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli
The wonders of wikipedia are boundless. They even have a photo of Article 11 of the treaty. :)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Article_11.GIF
This quote is new information to me. Maybe it's time to remind the nation that mixing religious fervor with government authority is a bad idea. It is always a bad idea, no matter which flavor of religion is trying to do it. We really don't need to recreate (Christian) Rome.
I've listed here the necessary links for promoting this old (and therefore conservative?) idea. Go forth, new meme. Fly!