In God We Trust wasn't the motto until 1956. This country was not founded on Christian principles, they merely snuck their way in there almost 200 years later. Most of the founding fathers were Deists, meaning they believed there was a creator, but that he/she had long since gone away leaving the world to its own devices. The Treaty of Tripoli clearly states that this country is not a Christian nation. Given the melting pot of religions in this country is boiling over, it might behoove those in power to shut their f*cking yaps about their policies being guided by the Judeo-Christian god for five seconds.
Also, since it's become kind of accepted that America is Jesus' (excuse me, Jeeeeezusah's) favorite place evar, Dominionism is on the rise. All the GOP front runners are card carrying Dominionists who want the US to be 100% Christian in preparation for Jeeeeezusah's apparently imminent return. Look at things like The Call and The Response, desperately trying to convert everyone. Look at all the anti-liberal vote-blocking going on in several states to keep the psycho-Christian GOP agenda afloat. Religion is pulling this country backwards. Practice it all you want, I don't care, but keep it out of the f*cking government. Everyone deserves to be able to express their beliefs or lack thereof, and the seeming push towards theocracy is decidedly unamerican.
And just to be clear, to limit butthurt, I do not mean psycho-Christian as in every Christian is psychotic, it's in reference to the GOP's particular brand of psuedo-Christianity.
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