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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No, America Was Not Founded as a Christian Nation
SummaryChristian nationalists love to claim the United States was founded as a Christian nation. The text that actually creates the government says otherwise. The godless Constitution and the First Amendment’s ban on religious establishment are not oversights—they are the clearest evidence that the founders chose a secular republic over a Christian one. The myth: “Christian […]