Summary Defenders of “Christian America” often point to the religiosity of the colonists and certain Founders, but the legal architecture of the United States tells a different story. From the godless text of the Constitution to the First Amendment’s ban on religious establishment, the Founders deliberately rejected the model of a Christian state in favor […]
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Christian Nationalism vs. Christianity: Why One Is a Faith and the Other Is a Power
When “religious freedom” means a Ten Commandments poster in every classroom In February 2026, a federal appeals court allowed Louisiana, at least for now, to enforce a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom from kindergarten through college. The law’s supporters called it a simple recognition of America’s “Christian […]
Why We Have to Fight Christian Disinformation and Encroachment Now
SummaryChristian disinformation is not harmless opinion. It is a strategy for reshaping public reality so that one religion can claim special authority over law, schools, and civil life. If it goes unchallenged, it stops being rhetoric and becomes policy. This is not a misunderstanding A lot of secular people still treat Christian-nationalist rhetoric like background […]